trogivin (OSw) adj.

Appears in the phrase trogivin man ‘man of fidelity', i.e. a man bound to a master by honour and contrasted to a hired man, a leghomaþer (q.v.).


who has assured fidelity OSw YVgL Add Refs:

Lindkvist 2021, 163, n. 30

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/5405
    (08/19/2026)