græssæti (OSw) noun

People without land, who lived in somebody else’s household and may have paid rent, are mentioned in the laws for not being allowed grazing since they did not own part of fences or fields.


unlanded man OSw ÄVgL Föb
OSw YVgL Utgb
Refs:

KLNM s.v. husmand; Schlyter s.v. græssæti

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/1850
    (12/08/2024)