Frjáls-gjafi

Old Norse Dictionary - frjáls-gjafi

Meaning of Old Norse word "frjáls-gjafi" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

frjáls-gjafi Old Norse word can mean:

frjáls-gjafi
a, m. a ‘free-given’ man, freed-man, in the Norse law distinguished from and lower than a leysingi, q. v., N. G. L. i. 345, 347.
frjáls-gjafi
II. one that gives freedom, Grág. i. 227.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᛁᛅᛚᛋ-ᚴᛁᛅᚠᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

L.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
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