arfskot (ON) noun

Inheritance fraud; the selling of property with the intent of defrauding someone’s heirs. Grg Arþ 127 specifies lesser outlawry or loss of property as the penalty for someone committing arfskot by giving or receiving ‘friendship gifts’ (vingjöf) deemed fraudulent by the heir. Heirs of someone trading away their inheritance for maintenance (arfsal) could also claim arfskot.


dispossession of heirs OIce Grg Arþ 127 Refs:

CV; F; KLNM s.v. förskingring; Miller 1990; ONP

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/305
    (04/19/2024)