vighramannaskin (OSw) noun

Literally ‘skin (supplied) by men fit for combat’. A tax paid in animal skin replacing the leþungsskin (q.v.) when the leþunger ‘levy’ was cancelled. Also contrasted to another skin-tax: bælskin (q.v.).


{vighramannaskin}-tax OSw DL Rb Refs:

KLNM s.v. skinnskatt; Schlyter s.v. skin

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/5843
    (07/16/2026)