þriggjaþingamál (ON) noun

A three-assembly case. Appears only once in Grg Feþ 156, where it refers to cases of illicit sexual unions. The term has been interpreted to mean that such cases had to be prosecuted before the end of the third assembly after the incident took place (or after the principal learned of it). Otherwise the case expired.


three-assembly case OIce Grg Feþ 156 Refs:

CV s.v. þingmál; Fritzner s.v. þingmál; GrgTr II:73

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/6283
    (07/18/2026)