siangaran (OSw) siænga ran (OSw) noun

The robbing of someone’s marital rights through adultery, a crime specifically concerning the women involved, as the guilty woman was to compensate the offended wife directly.


bed-robbery OSw SdmL Gb
violation of the marriage bed OSw UL Kkb Refs:

Carlsson 1942, 87; Schlyter s.v. siangaran, siænga ran

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/4612
    (06/06/2026)