Gest-feðri

Old Norse Dictionary - gest-feðri

Meaning of Old Norse word "gest-feðri" in English.

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

gest-feðri
and gest-feðrungr, m. a law term, defined in N. G. L. i. 209, ch. 5; a man who dies leaving no heirs and whose property lapses partly to the king and partly to the owner or landlord of the house in which he dies (or to the captain if he dies on board ship), N. G. L. i. 208, 209, Js. 74.

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

Abbreviations used:

ch.
chapter.
L.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Js.
Járnsíða. (B. III.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
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