skunkufalsmaþer (OSw) noun

A freed slave. Supposedly indicating a ceremony accepting the former slave in an æt ‘kin’ while wrapping him in a cloak, or, understood as derogatory, referring to some other garment worn by the former slave during the adoption ceremony.


{skunkufalsmaþer} OSw YVgL Drb Refs:

Lindkvist 2021, 15 n. 60; Nevéus 1974, 81; RGA s.v. Geschlechtsleite; Schlyter s.v. skunkufals maþer

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/4852
    (06/13/2026)