Sekja

Old Norse Dictionary - sekja

Meaning of Old Norse word "sekja" in English.

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

sekja Old Norse word can mean:

sekja: ð or t, also spelt sekkja, to fine, sentence to a fine.

sekja: 2. to sentence to outlawry; sá er hann (acc.) sekði, Grág. i. 81; þeir menn er þeir hafa sekta, 94, Fbr. (in a verse).

sekja: II. reflex. to be liable to a penalty; sekisk sex aurum við biskup, K. Á. 22; goðinn seksk ef hann getr engi til at nefna féráns-dóm, Grág. i. 95; þá sekjask þeir þrem aurum við erendreka konungs, N. G. L. i. 7, 20, 101, 251; seksk hann eigi fyrir þat er hann kvángaðisk, 656 A. ii. 17; þá er sem hann hafi einn sekðan hann, Grág. (Kb.) i. 110; sá maðr er sekðan hefir hann, 111; þat er hann sekði hann breksekð, id.

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

Abbreviations used:

acc.: accusative.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

L.: Linnæus.

reflex.: retlexive.

Works & Authors cited:

Fbr.: Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

K. Á.: Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)

Kb.: Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

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