stupugrevi (OSw) noun

According to Schlyter a jailer at the town prison; the context, however, only states that the stupugrevi who—in his house—was entrusted with a thief put in the town irons/schackles was to guard him and pay with his own neck if the thief escaped.


jailer OSw BjR Refs:

Schlyter 1877, s.v. stupugrevi

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/6931
    (08/10/2026)