Bauggildi

Old Icelandic Dictionary - bauggildi

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "bauggildi" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

bauggildi Old Icelandic word can mean:

bauggildi
n.
bauggildi
1) the ‘weregild’ to be paid to the ‘agnates’ of the slain, opp. to nefgildi, the same amount to be paid to the ‘cognates’;
bauggildi
2) agnatic relationship.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚢᚴᚴᛁᛚᛏᛁ

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.

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