sakauki (ON) noun

This was an additional person (i.e. outside the circles of baugamenn (see baugamaðr) and nefgildismenn (see nefgildismaðr), such as an illegitimate child, entitled to part of the wergild. See GuL chs 236 and 237.


atonement extras OIce Grg Bat 113
ONorw FrL Sab 5

increaser of the wergild ONorw GuL Mhb Refs:

Hertzberg s.v. sakauki; KLNM s.v. mansbot

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/4440
    (04/26/2024)