siunættinger (OSw) noun

A legal time-limit of seven nights as well as a meeting held after it, where witnesses and compurgators were to handle a case. If a settlement was not reached, the case was passed on to the þing ‘assembly’.


seven-night summons OSw ÄVgL Slb, Äb, Rlb, Jb, Tb, Föb
OSw YVgL Frb, Äb, Rlb, Tb, Jb, Föb, Utgb, Add Refs:

Brink 2011b, 150; KLNM s.v. sjunätting

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

    • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/4635
    (04/26/2024)