Nordic Lexicon

domber (OSw) dom (ODan) dombr (OGu) dómr (ON) dom (OSw) dombær (OSw) noun

A court; a judgment issued by a court. Medieval Nordic dómar have been described as instruments of arbitration (Sunde 2014, 143), as they typically serve to resolve disputes between two private parties. Such courts usually did not have a judge but rather a panel or jury who issued a judgment for a case based on evidence provided by a prosecutor and defendant. In Iceland dómar always dealt only with the facts of a case. Points of law were taken up in the Law Council (ON lögrétta).

In compounds –dómr often denotes a state or condition, e.g. ON heiðindómr (‘heathendom’). A rare usage of the term denotes an object in the phrase heilagr dómr (‘relic’).

conviction OSw DL Rb
court (1) OIce Grg Þsþ 20
OIce Jó Þfb 8
OIce Js Þfb 6 Ert 25 Kab 1
ONorw FrL Intr 16 Var 46 Sab 1
ONorw GuL Krb, Kpb, Løb, Llb, Arb, Mhb, Olb
OSw MEL Eb
court meeting ONorw FrL KrbA 1
court sentence OSw KrL DbI
OSw MEL DbI
court-sitting OIce Grg Hrs 234
decision ODan ESjL 2
ODan JyL Fort, 2
ODan VSjL 58, 87
OSw ÄVgL Md
OSw MEL Kgb
judge OSw SdmL Rb
OSw VmL Kkb
judgement ODan ESjL 2, 3
ODan JyL 1−3
ODan SkBL
ODan SkL 188, 241
ODan VSjL 52, 58
OFar Seyð 2, 5
OGu GL A 31
OIce Grg passim
OIce Jó Kab 1 Fml 25
OIce Js passim
OIce KRA 18, 34
ONorw FrL Var 7, 46
ONorw GuL Krb, Kpb, Mhb, Olb
OSw ÄVgL Jb
OSw BjR
OSw DL Rb
OSw HL Kkb, Rb
OSw KrL Kgb Gb Äb Bb Kmb Rb Eb Hb
OSw MEL Gb Äb Jb Bb Rb Eb
OSw MESt Kgb Gb Äb Rb Eb DbI
OSw ÖgL Kkb, Eb, Vm, Jb, Rb, Bb
OSw SdmL Conf, Kkb, Jb, Bb, Kmb, Mb, Tjdb, Rb
OSw UL StfBM, Kkb, Mb, Jb, Blb, Rb
OSw VmL Kkb, Mb, Jb, Bb, Rb
OSw YVgL Drb, Tb, Jb, Add
judicial decision OSw MEL Rb
judicial function OSw KrL Rb Eb
OSw MEL Rb
judicial power OSw HL Rb
OSw KrL DbI
permission ODan ESjL 3
ODan SkL 162, 233
right to judge OSw HL Kkb
sentence ODan SkL 163, 233
ONorw GuL Mhb
OSw DL Tjdb
OSw KrL Tb
OSw MEL DbI Tb
verdict OIce Jó Þfb 3
ONorw FrL ArbB 7
OSw DL Bb, Gb, Rb
OSw HL Kkb, Mb, Rb
OSw MEL Kgb
OSw YVgL Add
Expressions:

dómar eru úti (ON)

courts are sitting OIce Grg Vís 105

domber ok skæl, mæþ domom och full skælom (OSw)

excuse OSw VmL Mb

legal grounds OSw HL Rb

legal procedures OSw UL Blb VmL Mb, Bb

heiðinn dómr (ON)

heathendom ONorw GuL Krb

heilagr dómr (ON)

relic OIce Js Kdb 5

kunungs domber (OSw)

king's court OSw MEL Kgb, Jb

lagha domber (OSw)

law OSw MEL Kgb

rísa ór dómi (ON)

to withdraw (to recuse onself?) OIce Grg Þsþ 25