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)