arvbet (ODan) adj.

If two spouses received an inheritance each, both inheritances, irrespective of their worth, were passed on to the household. In ESjL and VSjL all inheritances received by one spouse were passed on to the household if the other spouse received at least one inheritance. Similar concepts, albeit not the word, appear in OSw laws.


inheritance chase ODan SkL 29
inheritance chased on both sides ODan SkL 7
inheritance on both sides ODan SkL 29 Refs:

Lund s.v.v. arfbetær, betæ, bitæ; Schlyter s.v.v. arfbeter, beta, bita; Tamm and Vogt, eds, 2016, 306

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/324
    (08/09/2026)