Sannaðr
Old Norse Dictionary - sannaðrMeaning of Old Norse word "sannaðr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sannaðr
- m., in sannaðar-maðr, m. [cp. Dan. sande-mænd, ‘veridici’]:—a law term, a ‘sooth-man,’ ‘oath-helper,’ in court; e. g. in the Fifth Court, each party had to be backed by two ‘sooth-men,’ who on oath testified to the truth of the evidence and the pleadings; it is defined in Grág. Þingsk. þ. ch. 46, 47 (Kb.); sannaðar-menn skulu eiða vinna …, skal svá sannaðarmann vanda at frændsemi við aðilja at þeir sé firnari en næsta bræðra, Grág. (St.) i. 31; ef hann hefir eigi sannaðarmenn, þá skal hann kveðja heimilis-búa sína fimm, hvárt sá væri þar veginn eðr eigi, Kb. i. 189; hann skal hafa sannaðarmenn tvá, þeir skolu þat leggja undir þegnskap sinn, at sú er frændsemis tala rétt ok sönn, ii. 11. sannaðar-vitni, n. the witness of a ‘sooth-man,’ n. G. L. i. 87.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛅᚾᚾᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- þ.
- þáttr.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Kb.
- Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)