Sakar-staðr

Old Norse Dictionary - sakar-staðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "sakar-staðr" in English.

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

sakar-staðr: m. an offence, transgression; hann kvaðsk vilja góðu við hann skipta ok upp gefa sakar-staðinn, Finnb. 346; Áskéll görði Mýlaugi við jafn-mikinn ok tólf aura silfrs fyrir sakar-staði (where sakastaðr is almost identical with lögmáls-staðr); féllu hálfar bætr niðr fyrir sakastaði, þá er hann þótti á eiga, Nj. 166.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.: masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Finnb.: Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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