Nefgildi

Old Icelandic Dictionary - nefgildi

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "nefgildi" in English.

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

nefgildi Old Icelandic word can mean:

nefgildi
n.
nefgildi
1) ‘nose-tax’, poll-tax (payable to the king);
nefgildi
2) a weregild, payable to the cognates of a person, opp. to bauggildi.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛁᚠᚴᛁᛚᛏᛁ

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.
e-t
eitthvat.

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