yfirsóknarmaðr (ON) yfirsóknarmenn (ON) noun

These were men acting as public prosecutors.


official ONorw GuL Krb
surveyor ONorw FrL Var 13 Refs:

Hertzberg s.v. yfirsóknarmaðr; KLNM s.v.v. lejde, sysselmann; RGA2 s.v. lender menn

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/6072
    (07/13/2026)