matgjöf (ON) noun

Food gifts handed out four times a year by householders to needy persons.


food gift OIce Grg Hrs 234 Tíg 255
OIce Jó Kge 31
OIce KRA 13, 14 Refs:

Gerhold 2002, 210–14; Lýður Björnsson 1972–79, I:85–86

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

    • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/3566
    (03/22/2025)