forlagseyrir (ON) noun

Money for one’s support, particularly the support of a specified number of children of impoverished relatives in proportion to one’s assets. Also the obligation to pay this.


maintenance ONorw FrL Kvb 11
ONorw GuL Arb
maintenance money OIce Jó Kge 15, 23
OIce Js Ert 24
ONorw MLL Ert 14, 15, Llb 57, Rb 2
means of subsistence ONorw FrL Var 13 ArbB 22 Refs:

Fritzner s.v. forlagseyrir; Hertzberg s.v. forlagseyrir; KLNM s.v. fattigvård

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

    • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/1376
    (11/19/2025)