Sekr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - sekrMeaning of Old Icelandic word "sekr" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
sekr Old Icelandic word can mean:
- sekr
- (acc. sekan or sekjan), a.
- sekr
- 1) guilty;
- sekr
- láta þann undan setja, er ~ er, to let him escape who is guilty;
- sekr
- ~ e-s or um e-t, guilty of;
- sekr
- 2) convicted, outlawed, condemned to outlawry (gøra e-n sekjan, verða ~ um e-t);
- sekr
- ~ skógarmaðr, fjörbaugsmaðr, convicted outlaw;
- sekr
- 3) sentenced to pay, mulcted in (verðr hann ~ um þat þrem mörkum);
- sekr
- 4) forfeited;
- sekr
- tel ek sekt fé hans allt, I say that all his goods are forfeited.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᚴᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- e-t
- eitthvat.
- e-s
- einhvers.
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