laghevæth (ODan) lögveð (ON) noun

A legal pledge. A legal pledge, or a right of preemption (ON lögmáli), could be placed upon land or an object of value by the person selling it. Legal pledges could be sold or inherited.


lawful pledge ODan JyL 3
legal pledge OIce Grg Lbþ 192
OIce Jó Lbb 9
OIce Js Lbb 6 Refs:

CV s.v. lögveð; Fritzner s.v. lögveð; Hertzberg s.v. lögveð; Hoff 2012, 191−92; KLNM s.v. pant; Páll Sigurðsson 2016, 39−40

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

    • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/2981
    (04/27/2024)