uphaldsman (ODan) upphaldsmaðr (ON) noun

In ODan, in the phrase laghe uphaldsmæn of the men of legal age in charge of their own property, who were to pay and receive specified instalments of a man’s compensation. In ONorw FrL, someone in charge of a church, presumably when the priest was absent. In OIce KrbB 16, the priest or the upphaldsmaðr was responsible for accepting the bodies of the dead when they were delivered to the church, and in LlbB 3 the upphaldsmaðr appears to be the person appointed by the archbishop to manage church lands in a given area.

law-paying man ODan JyL 2
person responsible ONorw FrL KrbA 16
warden ONorw FrL LlbB 3 Refs:

Tamm and Vogt, eds, 2016, 262, 309