Bjarg-kviðr
Old Norse Dictionary - bjarg-kviðrMeaning of Old Norse word "bjarg-kviðr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- bjarg-kviðr
- m. a law term, a verdict of acquittal given by five neighbours for the defendant, proving an alibi or the like, and produced during the trial; the b. seems to be, in its strict sense, synonymous with heimiliskviðr or heimiskviðr, q. v., cp. Grág, i. 60, 61, where it is defined; fimm búar skulu skilja um bjargkviðu alla, heimilis-búar þess manns er sóttr er, nema …, vide also 48, 49, 53, 55, 56, etc.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᛅᚱᚴ-ᚴᚢᛁᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- m.
- masculine.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
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