ari (OSw) noun

Only appearing in OSw HL, where it was obsolete already when the law was written down, and possibly influenced by ONorw ármaðr (q.v.). A representative of the king, and possibly archbishop, for all of Hälsingland, where he managed royal estates, collected taxes and the king’s fines, convened assemblies and was responsible for overseeing the accounts of sheriffs.


emissary OSw HL Kgb Refs:

Brink 2010b, 129–30; Brink 2013a, 441; Tegengren 2015, 142–43

Citation
  • ‘ari’. A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law.

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/316
    (03/28/2024)