höfuðból (ON) noun

A man’s home farm seems to have enjoyed a special legal status (on a par with that of the heimili, q.v.), esp. in relation to the division of odal land. See GuL ch. 87.


home farm ONorw GuL Llb
ONorw MLL Ert 7 Lb 3
land on which the main house is OIce Jó Kge 7 Lbb 5 Refs:

KLNM s.v.v. hovedgård, odelsrett

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

    • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/2195
    (07/27/2024)