Yrða

aðili

nafnorðkarlkyn
ja, the chief-defendant or prosecutor in an lawsuit in the time of the Commonwealth. It seems to have meant originally head, chieftain, princeps. A standing word in the Grágás and the Sagas. As to the form, the older one is that which preserves the j in the terminations, aðilja, -jar, -ja, -jum. The Grágás constantly employs this form. The Njála and some of the Sagas drop the j and write aðila In the Grágás aðilja seems to occur as an word—at least four times in the —used as : but as -ar in old is frequently marked by a single ‘a’ with a little stroke (a-), this may be a misinterpretation. The indeclinable form occurs in the (Þ. Þ.) 25 and 109 (only preserved in the ); 147, 170 has aðilja, where the has in both passages aðiljar: however guðsifja and -bræðra. There is a distinction between a sóknar-aðili or sakar-aðili, prosecutor, and a varnar-aðili, defendant. Either with or at, varnar-a., sóknar-a., sakar-a.; or inversely, a. sakar, a. varnar, a. frumsakar, 42, 124; a. máls, 126; a. vígsakar, in a case of manslaughter, 167; or vígsakar a. (often); a. fésakar, in a lawsuit about compensation, 123; a. legorðssakar, case of legorð, 194: with at, varnir þær er hann er aðili at, 175; aðili at legorðs sekt, App. iv. 46, 15, 211 ; also § 58, p. 103: hann er aðili at sök, bæði sækjandi ok seljandi, chief-plaintiff, either for carrying it on himself or by a delegate, 208. In the case of a delegate being the aðili, the challenge of jurors and judges on account of relationship was to be made in respect to the chief aðili, not the delegate, 127.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
  • gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
  • dat.þágufall (e. dative)
  • acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
  • plur.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • etc.et cetera.
  • indecl.óbeygjanlegt (e. indeclinable)
  • nom.nefnifall (e. nominative)
  • pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • MSS.manuscript, manuscripts.
  • cp.compare.
  • prep.forsetning (e. preposition)
  • Kb.Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)
  • Sb.Staðarhóls-bók. (B. I.)
  • Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)