Skuld-festa

Old Norse Dictionary - skuld-festa

Meaning of Old Norse word "skuld-festa" in English.

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

skuld-festa
t, to seize a person for debt, take him as a ‘skuldarmaðr,’ Grág. i. 233, 362.

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

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
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