fjörbaugr (ON) noun

A ‘life ring’. A mark of legal tender given to the chieftain (ON goði) who appoints a confiscation court (ON féránsdómr). This mark is paid by a lesser outlaw (ON fjörbaugsmaðr) in order to avoid a sentence of full outlawry (ON skóggangr).


life ring OIce Grg Þsþ 51, 52, 67 Refs:

CV s.v. fjörbaugr; Finsen 1883, 609; Fritzner s.v. fjörbaugr; KLNM s.v. fredløshed

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/1290
    (03/31/2023)