Saka-maðr

Old Norse Dictionary - saka-maðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "saka-maðr" in English.

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

saka-maðr
m. a man qualified as an attorney; vænn maðr, görr at sér ok s. mikill, a great litigant, Ld. 124: a man under charge, Lat. reus, Bs. i. 727: a guilty man, criminal, (mod.)

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

Abbreviations used:

Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
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