bondalagh (OSw) noun

Literally ‘householder’s’ or ‘farmer’s law’. In the context in which the term is used, it seems that this is by comparison with Canon (church) law, the equivalent of lekmannalagh (see lekman). The context in UL and VmL is that of land put in surety to the church, presumably against a monetary consideration. If it could not be redeemed before the agreed date, the matter was to be pursued according to bondelagh as recorded in the Land Book of those laws. The translation ‘civil law’ has been used as conveying the distinction intended. The translation ‘community of householders’ in a different context, comparable to værnalagh (q.v.) elsewhere, reflects the ambiguity/vagueness of the literal meaning of lagh (q.v.).

civil law OSw UL Kkb
OSw VmL Kkb
community of the householders OSw YVgL Kkb
farmers’ law OSw HL Blb
law of householders OSw ÄVgL Md Refs:

Schlyter 1877, s.v. bonda lagh; SL UL, 40 note 64; SL VmL, 29 note 74