þversök (ON) noun

The þversök (‘cross payment’) was a part of the værgæld that was paid by a certain group (uppnám, q.v.) in the killer’s kindred to two others but not exactly correspondent groups (uppnám) in the kindred of the killed man.


cross payment ONorw GuL Mhb Refs:

Hertzberg s.v. þversök

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/6323
    (08/08/2026)