tvítugsessa (ON) noun

A ship with twenty pairs of oars. The size of a ship was indicated by the number of thwarts (benches); a twenty-bencher would thus have seats for twenty pairs of oarsmen.


twenty-bencher ONorw GuL Leb

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/5448
    (08/19/2026)