snápsgjald (ON) noun

A ‘snob-fine’. Compensation paid by someone convicted of being a snápr, someone who has falsely boasted of having lain with a woman.


fine of disgrace OIce Mah 30 Refs:

CV s.v. snápr; Fritzner s.v. snápsgjöld; Hertzberg s.v. snápsgjöld

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/4933
    (08/07/2026)