Land-nám

Old Norse Dictionary - land-nám

Meaning of Old Norse word "land-nám" in English.

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

land-nám Old Norse word can mean:

land-nám: n. the taking land, a law term:

land-nám: I. in Norse law, an unlawful holding of another man’s land, and hence a fine for trespassing on another man’s land; nú ef hann selr, þá er honum jörð úheimil, gjaldi landnámi hvárttveggja, n. G. l. i. 37; nú ef hann tekr einahverja þá hurð ok færir á brott, þá skal hann aptr færa ok leggja á landnám, ef hann hefir leyst frá, 38; en ef hann grefr upp, þá skal hann bæta landnámi, id.; engi skal annars hauka taka, nema landnámi vili fyrir bæta, ok færa hauka aptr, 39; ok leggi á landnám ok jarðar-spell, þeim er jörð á, Gþl. 311; ok leggi umboðsmaðr landnám ofan á, 313; um landnám ok áverka á jörðu, Jb. 232; um landnám ok skógar-högg, 234: distinction is made between the fine and the compensation, fulla skaða-bót skal greiða fyrir beit ok töðu akra ok engja landnáms-laust … en ella fullt landnám, 258, 259.

land-nám: II. in Icel. the taking possession of land as a settler, occupation, particularly used of the settlement of Iceland: in Landn. and the Sagas passim it is used in sing. of the land allotted to each settler, í landnámi sínu, í hans landnámi, etc., almost like landeign, see Landn. passim; but often in plur. of the settlement itself, nú er yfir farit um landnám þau er vér höfum heyrt at verit hafi á Íslandi, Landn. 320; nú eru rituð landnám í Vestfirðinga- (Norðlendinga-, Austfirðinga-) fjórðungi, 167, 236, 274.

land-nám: COMPDS: Landnámabók, Landnáma, Landnámasaga, landnámatíð, landnámskona, landnámsmaðr.

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

Abbreviations used:

n.: neuter.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

l.: line.

L.: Linnæus.

etc.: et cetera.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

plur.: plural.

sing.: singular.

Works & Authors cited:

Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)

Jb.: Jóns-bók. (B. III.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

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