áljótsráð (ON) noun

Conspiring to commit a serious bodily injury (áljótr). The term seems to appear exclusively in Grg, which devotes an entire chapter to the subject (Vís 108). Plots to disfigure included ambushes and traps, and they carried a penalty of lesser outlawry even when unsuccessful.


plot to disfigure OIce Grg Vís 108 Refs:

ONP

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/214
    (08/14/2026)