þingfesti
nafnorðkvenkynþing-festi
a law term, domicile in or allegiance to a ‘þing-community. In the Commonwealth every franklin had to declare his allegiance to one of the priests, and to say of what community he was a member; yet the word was political rather than strictly geographical, for the ‘þings,’ like the ‘godords,’ were not strictly geographical divisions, i. 164: hence the phrase, spyrja at þingfesti e-s. to speer after a man’s þingfesti, call on him to declare it, as also ganga við e-s, to acknowledge one’s (of the priest), () i. 3, 43, 132, 87; því at einu er rétt at hafa þingfesti í öðrum fjórðungi heldr enn er maðr býr, ef goða er þat lofat þeim at lögbergi at taka þriðjungs-mann útan-fjórðungs, i. 165, which last passage is evidently a ‘novella.’
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- þ.þáttr.
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- Kb.Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)