hemfriþer (OSw) haim friþr (OGu) haima friþr (OGu) heimafriðr (ON) noun

Peace at home, often in a wide sense including fields, etc., for instance in OIce Js, which also explicitly includes travelling to and from home. Whether originating in pre-Christian or Christian tradition is disputed. In OSw, part of the king’s peace laws. Violent attacks at home resulted in additional fines, to either the king, community, victim or all three, however only for the highest-ranking victim in OGu GL. OIce Js prescribed outlawry if the victim survived. The home peace, understood as asylum, did not apply to convicted thieves (OSw SdmL, UL).


home peace OIce Mah 19
OIce Js Mah 11
ONorw MLL Mah 18
OSw KrL Kgb
OSw MEL Kgb
OSw SdmL Mb, Tjdb, Till

homestead sanctity OGu GL A 12
OSw UL Mb

offence against the peace of the home OSw YVgL Urb
peace and protection of a home OSw KrL Eb
OSw MEL Eb
OSw MESt Eb

peace of home OSw YVgL Add Refs:

KLNM s.v. fridslagstiftning; NE s.v. fridslagstiftning

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/2088
    (10/09/2024)