Nordic Lexicon

raförning (OSw) noun

shift of boundary markers OSw SdmL Bb

Citation

‘raförning’. A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law.

ragr (ON) adj.

womanish OIce Grg Misc 238

See also: níð

Citation

‘ragr’. A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law.

raiþkleþi (OGu) noun

saddlecloth OGu GL A 24c

Citation

‘raiþkleþi’. A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law.

raiþvengi (OGu) noun

riding cushion OGu GL A 24c

Citation

‘raiþvengi’. A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law.

rakna (ON) verb

pay out OIce Grg Misc 249

Citation

‘rakna’. A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law.

ran (OSw) ran (ODan) ran (OGu) rán (ON) noun

There was a clear distinction between robbery (ran) and theft (þiufi, styld etc.). The thief operated in secret or under the cover of night, whereas the robber (ransmaþer) committed his depredations by daylight and often used violent methods, which were, however, regarded as less reprehensible than those of a sneak thief. In effect, ran sometimes took the form of a forced sale, it being not unusual for the ‘robber’ to leave behind a purchase price. Both material property and immaterial rights could be robbed. Ran entailed compensation for the one who had suffered the robbery and the payment of a ránbaugr to the king.

abduction OSw HL Mb
bride kidnapping OSw HL Äb
case of rapine ODan JyL 3
force OGu GL A 21
open seizure ODan SkL 233
rapine ODan ESjL 2, 3
ODan JyL 2, 3
OSw ÖgL Vm
ODan SkKL 7
ODan SkL 85, 106, 181, 231
ODan VSjL 65
robbery OSw ÄVgL Tb, Föb
OSw DL Bb, Tjdb
ONorw FrL ArbB 23 Rgb 48 LlbA 17
OIce Grg Feþ 167
ONorw GuL Krb, Kpb, Kvb, Llb, Arb, Mhb, Olb
OSw HL Mb, Rb
OIce Jó Mah 3 Kge 19 Llb 15, 34 Kab 14 Fml 17
OIce Js Lbb 15 Kab 10
OIce KRA 34
OSw SdmL Kkb, Bb, Kmb, Mb, Rb, Till
OSw UL För, Mb, Rb
OSw VmL För, Kkb, Mb
OSw YVgL Rlb, Tb, Utgb
seizure OIce Grg Fjl 224 Rsþ 228
violence OSw ÄVgL Tb
OSw YVgL Tb Expressions:
handraghit ran (OSw)

robbery from a man’s hand OSw HL Mb SdmL Mb

See also: bogher

Refs:

CV s.v. ránbaugr; Fritzner s.v. ránbaugr; Hertzberg s.v. ránbaugr

Citation

‘ránbaugr’. A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law.

rangendi (ON) noun

injustice ONorw FrL Intr 21
OIce Jó Mah 17

Citation

‘rangendi’. A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law.

rangfenginn (ON) adj.

wrongfully acquired ONorw GuL Leb

Citation

‘rangfenginn’. A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law.

rangfluttr (ON) adj.

wrongly salvaged OIce Jó Llb 67

Citation

‘rangfluttr’. A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law.

rangkvaddr (ON) adj.

wrongly called OIce Grg Þsþ 34, 35

Citation

‘rangkvaddr’. A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law.

ranglýstr (ON) adj.

wrongly published OIce Grg Lbþ 193

Citation

‘ranglýstr’. A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law.

rannsóknaþáttr (ON) noun

searches section OIce Grg Rsþ 227, 230

Citation

‘rannsóknaþáttr’. A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law.

ransak (OSw) ransak (ODan) ranzsak (OGu) rannsak (ON) ranzzak (OSw) noun

house search OSw UL Mb
OSw VmL Mb
inquiry OIce Jó Mah 2
inspection ONorw GuL Mhb
investigation OIce Jó Þfb 9
OSw YVgL Add
legal investigation OIce Jó Þjb 4
right to search OGu GL A 25
ODan SkL 140
search ONorw FrL Bvb 7
OIce Jó Þjb 6
ODan SkL 134, 140, 142, 159
searching ONorw GuL Tjb
visitation OSw ÖgL Eb

Citation

‘ransak’. A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law.

ransaka (OSw) ransake (ODan) ranzsaka (OGu) rannsaka (ON) ranzzakæ (OSw) verb

conduct a house search OSw UL Mb
OSw VmL Mb
examine OIce Jó Þfb 9
house search (permit a) OGu GL A 37, Add. 8 (B 55)
investigate ONorw FrL Intr 21
OGu GL A 28
OSw UL Kkb, Äb, Jb
OSw VmL Kkb
make a house-search OSw ÄVgL Tb
OSw DL Tjdb
OSw YVgL Tb
perform visitation OSw ÖgL Vm
search ODan ESjL 3
OGu GL A 37
OIce Grg Rsþ 230
OSw HL Mb
OIce Jó Þjb 6
ODan JyL 2
OSw SdmL Kkb, Jb, Mb, Tjdb, Rb
ODan SkL 134, 141, 159