hærværk (ODan) hærvirke (ODan) noun

Generally and originally a crime, typically violent, committed by at least five offenders, but in JyL also by one offender as well as by larger numbers of animals.


gang crime ODan ESjL 2, 3
ODan JyL 2, 3
ODan SkBL
ODan SkL 87, 218
ODan VSjL 35, 56, 64, 86 Refs:

Tamm and Vogt, eds, 2016, 305

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

    • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/2443
    (07/27/2024)