munder (OSw) mundr (ON) noun

A bride-price paid by the bridegroom, which originally was a requirement for a legal marriage and was added to the personal property of the woman as a counterpart to her portion (in ONorw laws at least 12 aurar (GuL ch. 51)). A woman married off in this way, mæþ mund ok mæþ mæli ‘with a gift and with wording’ (OSw ÄVgL, YVgL), was a legally married woman (mundgipt or mundi keypt ‘paid and bought’).

bridal gift OSw YVgL Äb, Gb
bride price OIce Grg Þsþ 62 Arþ 118 Feþ 144, 150 Fjl 223
OIce Js Kvg 5
ONorw FrL KrbB 13 Kvb 14
ONorw GuL Krb, Kvb, Løb, Arb Refs:

Agnes Arnórsdóttir and Thyra Nors 1999; Helle 2001, 138–40; Hertzberg s.v. mundr; KLNM s.v.v. arveskifte, brudköp, bröllop, festermål,konkurs, lejermål, morgongåva, mundr, vängåva, ægteskab; Lindkvist 2021, 40, n. 58; RGA s.v. mund; Robberstad 1981, 346–48