Yrða

eiðr

nafnorðkarlkyn
[ aiþs; að; oath; aith; ed; eed; eid]
I. an oath; vinna eið, but also sverja eið, to take an oath, to swear, 387, 36, , 23; ganga til eiða, to proceed to the taking an oath, , ; eiðar, orð ok særi, 30; fullr e., a full, just oath, 161; rjúfa eið, to break an oath (eið-rofi); perjury is mein-særi, rarely mein-eiðr (Swed.-Dan. men-ed, mein-eid); eiðar úsærir, false, equivocal oaths, 358; hence the proverb, lítið skyldi í eiði úsært, with the notion that few oaths can bear a close scrutiny, 161; trúnaðar-e., hollustu-e., an oath of fealty, allegiance: the curious passages in i. 66 and iii. 2, 3; dýr eiðr, a solemn oath; sáluhjálpar-e., sverja dýran sáluhjálpar-eið, to swear an oath of salvation ( as I wish to be saved). In the Norse law a man was discharged upon the joint oath of himself and a certain number of men (oath-helpers, compurgators, or oath-volunteers); oaths therefore are distinguished by the number of compurgators,—in grave cases of felony (treason ), tylptar-e., an oath of twelve; in slighter cases of felony, séttar-e., an oath of six, (in i. 56, 133, ‘vj á hvára hönd’ is clearly a false reading instead of ‘iij,’ three on each side, Þb. 20); grímu-eiðr, a mask oath, a kind of séttar-e.; lýrittar-e., an oath of three; and lastly, ein-eiði or eins-eiði, an oath of one, admissible only in slight cases, a debt not above an ounce; whence the old law proverb, eigi verðr einn eiðr alla, a single oath is no evidence for all (cases), Sighvat, iv. 375, , 22, 13: other kinds of oaths, dular-e., an oath of denial; jafnaðar-e., an oath of equity, for a man in paying his fine had to take an oath that, if he were plaintiff himself, he would think the decision a fair one: vide i. 56, 254–256, 394, and in many passages. In the law of the Commonwealth, oaths of compurgators are hardly mentioned, the kviðr or verdict of neighbours taking their place; the passage 24, 25 is almost unique and of an extraordinary character, Sir Edmund Head’s remarks on these passages in his notes to the Saga, p. 119, also iii. 2; but after the union with Norway the Norse procedure was partly introduced into ; yet the 49 tries to guard against the abuse of oaths of compurgators, which led men to swear to a fact they did not know. As to the Commonwealth, it is chiefly to be noticed that any one who had to perform a public duty (lög-skil) in court or parliament, as judge, pleader, neighbour, witness, , had to take an oath that he would perform his duty according to right and law (baug-eiðr ring-oath, bók-eiðr gospel-oath, lög-eiðr lawful-oath), the wording of which oath is preserved in (Mantissa) 335, S. ( 1860) p. 94, ()
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II. a name,
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  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • Ulf.Ulfilas.
  • A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
  • Engl.English.
  • North. E.Northern English.
  • Swed.Swedish.
  • Dan.Danish.
  • Germ.German.
  • cp.compare.
  • i. e.id est.
  • etc.et cetera.
  • ch.chapter.
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  • Grett.Grettis saga. (D. II.)
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