örtug
nafnorðkarlkyn
also spelt ertog, ærtog, [the etymology of the first part of the word is not certain, but it is a compd, ör-togr, the latter part being togr = twenty, so called because twenty ‘penningar’ made an ærtog; ör or ær may be the old name of a small coin, öre, a small coin worth less than an English farthing; the Norse name ‘ort,’ = a fifth part of a dollar specie, is an abbreviation of örttog]:—the name of an old coin or piece of money, amounting to a third part of an ounce (eyrir) = twenty penningar or pence, , passim; skolu þeir báðir í ertogi (), i. 185; see eyrir.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- prob.probably.
- qs.quasi.
- cp.compare.
- mod.modern.
- Swed.Swedish.
- dat.þágufall (e. dative)
- N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- D. N.Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)