skript (OSw) skrift (ODan) skript (OGu) skrift (ON) skrifft (OSw) skrift (OSw) noun

Confession of one’s sins, as well as the penance issued in the form of, for instance, fasting and exclusion from church services, that could be public (openbar skript) or private (löndaskript q.v.). A punishment for, among other things, adultery, murder, perjury, not observing fast and working on holy days, Translations such as ‘writ’ refer to the written law itself.


atonement ONorw FrL KrbB 24
church fine OSw HL Mb
church penance OSw DL Kkb
OSw HL Kkb
OSw KrL Rb Hb DbI Tb Add
OSw SdmL Kkb, Mb
OSw SmL
OSw YVgL Kkb, Frb

confession ODan SkKL 12
OIce Þjb 24
ONorw BorgL 3.3 5.14
ONorw EidsL 27.3 29.3
ONorw FrL KrbA 2, 5 KrbB 9
ONorw GuL Krb, Mhb
OSw ÖgL Kkb

confession in church OSw HL Rb
confession or penance OSw HL Rb
fast OSw HL Kkb
penance OGu GL A 2
OIce Mah 16
OIce Js Mah 34
OIce KRA 16, 18
ONorw BorgL 10.5
OSw ÖgL Kkb
OSw SmL
OSw UL Kkb, Mb, Rb, Add. 8
OSw VmL Kkb, Mb, Rb

writ OSw YVgL Add
written document ODan SkKL 13 Refs:

KLNM s.v. botsakrament

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/4814
    (04/24/2024)