Matar-ból

Old Norse Dictionary - matar-ból

Meaning of Old Norse word "matar-ból" in English.

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

matar-ból
n., a Norse law phrase, referring to the taxation of an estate, thus, hundrað, sextigi … mánaða matarból, an estate of a hundred, sixty … months’ food, Fms. x. 153, n. G. L., D. n., B. K. passim.

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

Abbreviations used:

L.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

B. K.
Björgynjar Kálfskinn. (J. II.)
D. N.
Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
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