kirkiupræster (OSw) kirkjuprestr (ON) noun

The owner of a church could finance the education of a priest who became a skuldarmaðr (q.v.) and was obliged to serve at that church for life.


church-priest OIce KRA 11
OSw HL Mb
Refs:

Mundal 2016

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/2702
    (10/08/2024)