kirkiugarþer (OSw) kirkjegarth (ODan) kirkiugarþr (OGu) kirkjugarðr (ON) kyrkiugarþer (OSw) noun

Commiting a crime in the churchyard was an aggravating factor. Certain criminals were prohibited from being buried in the churchyard.


church enclosure ONorw EidsL 50.5
church fence ONorw GuL Krb
churchyard ODan ESjL 2
ODan JyL 2, 3
ODan SkBL
ODan SkKL 3, 5, 8
ODan SkL 215, 216
ODan VSjL 51, 53
OGu GL A 8, 13
OIce Grg Klþ 1
OIce KRA 5, 8
ONorw BorgL 1.3 9.2 passim
ONorw EidsL 2.2 6 passim
ONorw FrL KrbA 10 KrbB 2
ONorw GuL Krb, Løb
OSw ÄVgL Kkb
OSw BjR
OSw DL Kkb, Eb
OSw HL Kkb, Äb, Mb
OSw KrL Eb Hb DbI Tb
OSw MEL DbI Tb
OSw ÖgL Kkb, Eb
OSw SdmL Kkb, Gb, Mb, Tjdb
OSw SmL
OSw UL Kkb, Mb
OSw VmL Kkb, Mb
OSw YVgL Kkb

churchyard fence ONorw FrL KrbA 7
OSw ÄVgL Kkb, Jb
OSw SdmL Kkb
OSw YVgL Kkb

consecrated ground OSw MEL Eb
fence around a churchyard OSw HL Kkb
fence of a churchyard OSw YVgL Jb
precincts of a church OSw MEL Rb Refs:

Riisøy 2015

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/2691
    (04/24/2024)