kunungsnæmd (OSw) noun

In OSw ÖgL, a panel making investigations at a kunungsræfst ‘king’s court’. In later OSw laws, a panel investigating breaches in the province against the king’s law at a rættaraþing (q.v.) (MEL, MESt) or ræfst ‘court of inquiry’ or laghmansþing ‘hundred court’ (KrL).


king’s commission OSw DL Rb
OSw MEL Hb

king’s jury OSw KrL Rb Hb
OSw ÖgL Kkb Jb Rb
Refs:

Schlyter 1877, s.v. kunungsnæmd

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/2871
    (01/22/2025)