æptirmælandi (OSw) eftirmælandi (ON) noun

An ‘after speaker’. Refers to a person who takes up a legal case on behalf of someone who is not able to do so. The eftirmælandi can be a kinsman, usually the next of kin, or an agent (ON umboðsmaðr, see umbuþsman). An eftirmælandi usually appears on behalf of someone who has been killed, but he might also represent someone who is injured and unable to travel to the assembly (cf. Js Mah 20).

later claimant OSw ÄVgL Md, Slb, Tb
OSw YVgL Frb, Drb, Tb
slaying prosecutor OIce Js Mah 20
ONorw FrL Mhb 54
someone intending to prosecute ONorw FrL Var 2-6 Refs:

CV s.v. eptirmælandi; Hertzberg s.v. eptirmælandi; ONP s.v. eftirmǽlandi