Sak-auki

Old Norse Dictionary - sak-auki

Meaning of Old Norse word "sak-auki" in English.

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

sak-auki
a, m. a relation of a slain person entitled to an additional portion of weregild, defined in N. G. l. i. 79, 185, and Grág. ii. 183; a son or brother born of a bondwoman, a brother on the mother’s side, a grandfather and grandson are so named, N. G. l. l. c., cp. also Grág. l. c., where the sakauki is opp. to the receiver of the höfuð-baugr. sakauka-bót, f. compensation due to a s., N. G. l. i. 187.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
f.
feminine.
l.
line.
L.
Linnæus.
l. c.
loco citato.
m.
masculine.
opp.
opposed.

Works & Authors cited:

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