styreshavne (ODan) noun

Possibly the office of styreman (ODan, see styriman) ‘steersman’ in the lething (ODan, see leþunger) ‘military duty’, or some landed property belonging to this office. Alternatively, the position on the rowing team. The laws deal with the right to inherit this.


steering land ODan JyL 3
steering office ODan JyL 3 Refs:

Gammeldansk ordbog s.v. styreshavne; Tamm and Vogt, eds, 2016, 314

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/5123
    (07/11/2026)