deghia (OSw) deghje (ODan) deigja (ON) noun

Literally, ‘dough maker’. This derivation is reflected in similar words in other Germanic languages (Hellquist) and the English word ‘lady’ has a similar derivation.

Her function in the household seems to be the female equivalent of a bryti (q.v.) or overseer. It was a person who was herself a slave or serf, but who had the responsibility for the other slaves or serfs in the household and who had the confidence of the householder and might even be in partnership with them. In GuL she was the highest-ranked of the female slaves. With the abolition of slavery, the role of the bryti became that of a steward of a household or estate. In Norway, deigja seems, in certain circumstances, to have been the designation used for the housekeeper (perhaps the best description of this female role) and possibly, for the concubine of a priest.

female steward OSw ÄVgL Äb
OSw YVgL Äb
housekeeper ODan ESjL 3
ONorw FrL Kvb 21
ONorw GuL Mhb
OSw SdmL Tjdb
OSw UL Mb
OSw VmL Mb Refs:

Brink 2005; Hellquist [1948] 1964, s.v. deja; KLNM s.v.v. bryde, kvinnearbeid, slegfred, tyende; ODEE 1986, s.v. lady; Schlyter 1877, s.v. deghia; SL UL, 129 note 163; SL VmL, 103 note 209a

dela (OSw) dele (ODan) daila (OGu) deila (ON) delæ (OSw) verb

Literally ‘to divide’. To express differing opinions in legal matters (translated as ‘to disagree’, ‘to dispute’, ‘to contest’, ‘to argue’, ‘to quarrel’, ‘to fight’). Also to bring this disagreement to court, that is to start legal proceedings (translated as ‘take action’, ‘raise a claim/complaint’, ‘(lawfully) sue’, ‘press charges’).

appeal OSw YVgL Föb
argue OSw HL Kkb, Äb, Jb
OSw KrL Gb
OSw MEL Gb
OSw MESt Gb
claim ODan JyL 1
deal with ODan ESjL 2
decide ODan JyL 2
ODan SkKL 6
disagree OGu GL A 32
OSw ÄVgL Kva
OSw DL Bb, Rb
OSw KrL Bb
OSw MEL Gb Bb
OSw ÖgL Kkb Gb Äb Jb Rb
OSw UL Kkb, Äb, Jb, Blb, Rb
OSw VmL Kkb, Äb, Mb, Jb, Kmb, Bb, Rb
OSw YVgL Kvab
discuss ONorw GuL Llb
dispute ODan ESjL 3
ODan JyL 1, 3
OSw ÄVgL Jb
OSw DL Mb, Bb, Gb, Tjdb, Rb
OSw HL Äb, Mb, Jb, Blb, Rb
OSw KrL Äb Jb Bb Kmb Rb
OSw MEL Äb Jb Bb Rb
OSw MESt Äb Jb Bb Rb
OSw ÖgL Gb Äb Kmb Rb Bb
OSw SdmL Kkb, Kgb, Jb, Bb, Kmb, Rb
OSw UL Kgb, Äb, Jb, Blb, Rb
OSw VmL Jb, Rb
OSw YVgL Kkb, Äb, Jb, Add
divide OSw HL Blb
lawfully sue ODan JyL 2
plead OSw ÖgL Jb
press charges OSw HL Mb
quarrel ONorw GuL Mhb
OSw HL Kkb, Äb, Blb
OSw ÖgL Äb
raise a claim ODan ESjL 3
ODan JyL 2, 3
OSw ÖgL Äb
raise a complaint ODan JyL 2
submit OSw ÖgL Rb
sue ODan JyL 1−3
take action ODan JyL 2, 3 Refs:

Fritzner s.v. deila; Gammeldansk ordbog s.v. dele; Hertzberg s.v. deila; ONP s.v. deila; SAOB s.v. dela; Schlyter s.v. dela

dela (OSw) dele (ODan) daila (OGu) deila (ON) noun

case ODan JyL 1−3
claim ODan JyL 2
contest ODan ESjL 3
disagreement ODan ESjL 2, 3
OGu GL A 32
dispute ODan ESjL 2, 3
ODan JyL 2
ODan SkL 26
ODan VSjL 1
OGu GL A 32
OGu GS Ch. 3
OSw HL Jb
OSw KrL Jb
OSw MEL Rb
OSw MESt Jb
OSw ÖgL Rb
OSw UL Kkb, Jb
OSw VmL Jb, Rb
quarrel ODan ESjL 1
ONorw GuL Løb, Mhb

deld (OSw) deld (ODan) deild (ON) noun

In the Danish laws and Svea laws (except HL), deld refers to a part of the village land, sometimes a strip field in a gærþi (q.v.) (OSw) or vang (q.v.) (ODan).

allotment OSw SdmL Bb
brawl ONorw MLL Þfb 5
cultivated field ODan JyL 1
dispute ONorw MLL Kab 2
field plot OSw DL Bb, Tjdb
fight ONorw GuL Mhb
meadow plot OSw VmL Bb
part of the village land ODan JyL 1
plot (1) OSw UL Blb
OSw VmL Bb
quarrel OIce Jó Kab 2
ONorw GuL Løb, Mhb
strip OSw KrL Bb
OSw MEL Bb Refs:

Hoff 1997, 204; Schlyter s.v. deld

delejorth (ODan) noun

disputed land ODan JyL 2

delumaþer (OSw) deleman (ODan) noun

counterpart ODan JyL 2
opponent ODan JyL 1
OSw ÖgL Gb

delobroþir (OSw) noun

antagonist OSw UL Kkb

deyddr (ON) deyðr (ON) adj.

deserving of death OIce Js Mah 7

deyðandi (ON) adj.

deserving of death OIce Jó Mah 2, 14

dirfas (OGu) dirfa (ON) verb

presume OGu GL A 25
ONorw MLL Ert 2