baugatal (ON) noun

The ‘ring list’ of wergild payments found in Grg Baugatal gives detailed instructions concerning the proportion of homicide payments each group of family members should pay or receive.


wergild ring list OIce Grg Þsþ 80 Bat 113 Refs:

Clover 1986; CV s.v. baugr; Fritzner; KLNM s.v. straff; ONP

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/502
    (04/16/2024)