alaðsfestr
nafnorðkvenkynalaðs-festr
ar, [obsolete alaðr, alimentum, Ýt. 13, ], a law term in the Commonwealth, the eighth part of the sum fjörbaugr (life-money), amounting to an ounce, a fee to be paid by a convict in the Court of Execution (féránsdómr); if a convict, liable to the lesser outlawry, failed in paying off the alaðsfestr, he thereby became a complete outlaw, úalandi; hence the name life-money or blood-money. It is thus defined: þar skal gjaldast mörk lögaura at féránsdómi, goða þeim er féránsdóminn nefndi; þat fé heitir fjörbaugr, en einn eyrir (ounce) þess fjár heitir a. ef þat fé (the alaðsf. or the whole fjörb.?) gelzt eigi, þá verði hann skógarmaðr úæll, i. 88; nú gelzt fjörbaugr ok a. þá skal dæma svá sekðarfé hans sem skógarmanns, 132: Njála uses the less classic form, aðalfestr (per ), 240; Johnsonius ( ), p. 529, note 8.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- v. l.varia lectio.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- viz.namely.
- metath.metathesis.
- cp.compare.
- Lat.Latin.
- transl.translation.
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)