drozsieti (OSw) drozsieti (OGu) drotsæte (OSw) noun

Etymologically unclear, but originally referring to an economic administrator, possibly the cupbearer, of a ruler, hence the usage in OGu GL. In OSw KrL an official, the second in command after the king and ruling in his place when absent.


justiciar OSw KrL Kgb
wedding host OGu GL A 24 Refs:

KLNM s.v. drottsete; SAOB s.v. drots

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/944
    (04/19/2024)