mánaðarmatr (ON) noun

The amount of food which one man needed for one month, when he served in the levy. Usually provided as butter (7.7 kg) and meal (24.7 kg).


month’s food ONorw GuL Krb, Mhb, Leb
ONorw MLL Þfb 2 Lvb 9
Refs:

Helle 2001, 69; Hertzberg s.v. mánaðarmatr; KLNM s.v. månadsmat

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/3499
    (04/25/2025)