dómhringr
nafnorðkarlkyndóm-hringr
‘doom-ring,’ ‘judgment-ring;’ ( also vé-bönd, the sacred bounds or bar): the courts of heathen times were surrounded by the dómhringr, about a bow-shot from the centre where the benches were placed; no evil-doer might enter this hallowed ring, or commit an act of violence within it; if he did so, he was called a vargr í véum (lupus in sanctii); the law term ‘bar’ answers to this old word, δρύφακτοι, cancelli; the staua, = court and judge, properly means a staff, bar; the bar was, according to , a pole of hazel-wood, hesli-stengr: classical passages referring to this,—þar sér enn dómhring þann, er menn vóru dæmdir í til blóts, í þeim hring stendr Þórs steinn, , 10; þar stendr enn Þórs steinn … ok þar ‘hjá’ (better) er sá domhringr er (in which) menn skyldi til blóts dæma, 98: another classical passage is 57 beginning; also iii. S. 7, 10, though the ‘ring’ is not expressly mentioned in these last two passages: hann gengr í dómhringinn ok setzk niðr, 6; en þeir eigu at rísa ór dóminum ok sitja í dómhring innan meðan um þá sök er dæmt, i. 78, 17, 26: in early heathen times this sacred circle was formed by a ring of stones, dóm-steinar: no doubt some of the so-called Celtic or Druidical stone circles are relics of these public courts, the Stones of Stennis in the Orkneys; Scott’s last note to the Pirate, referring to this subject: even in later times, when the thing was obsolete, the name still remained.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- cp.compare.
- Engl.English.
- Gr.Greek.
- Lat.Latin.
- Goth.Gothic.
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- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Eb.Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Gautr.Gautreks saga. (C. II.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Band.Banda-manna saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)