bjarkey-
nafnorðkarlkyn
in the word bjarkeyjar-réttr, town-law, used as opposed to landslög or landsréttr, county-law, 22; sökin veit til landslaga en eigi til bjarkeyjarréttar, vii. 130; vide i. 303–336. It is an illustration of this curious word, that the Danes at present call a justice ‘birkedommer,’ and the district ‘birk;’ local names, as in Sweden,—in Birchâ civitate regiâ, Johann. Magnus 542 ( 1554); civitas Birchensis, 556; in Birchâ civitate tum maxima, 541; in Norway, Bjarkey is one of the northern islands, whence the famous Norse family Bjarkeyingar took their name; v. Munch, the to Norge’s Beskrivelse. Etym. uncertain; hedged in with birch (?).
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- cp.compare.
- Ed.edition, editions, edited.
- pref.preface.
- Sks.Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)