grágás
nafnorðkvenkyn
a ‘grey goose,’ a wild goose, (Gl.), 347.
II. the name of a Norse code of laws in Drontheim (Frostaþingslög), from the grey binding or from being written with a goose quill, viii. 277 (), iii. 23; Gullfjöðr, gold feather, gold quill, name of an code; or Hryggjar-stykki, a kind of duck, but also the name of a book.
2. in later times (in the 16th century) the name Grágás was misapplied to an old of laws of the Commonwealth time, the present 134 folio, or , and has since been made to serve as a collective name for all laws framed before the union with Norway, sometimes including, sometimes excluding the law (Kristinna-laga þáttr = ); the whole matter is fully treated by Maurer, ‘Graagaas,’ in Ersch and Gruber’s Encyclopedia; he makes out that the of the Commonwealth, although they had written laws, had no code, and that the passage in 10 does not refer to codification, but to the committal of oral laws to writing; the two vellum , the and , are merely private collections of the 13th century, and differ very much one from the other. Upon the union with Norway, Iceland was for the first time blessed with a code, which they called Ironside (); and a second code, the Jon’s Book, was introduced 1281.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- prob.probably.
- cp.compare.
- eccl.ecclesiastical.
- MS.manuscript, manuscripts.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- Cod.Codex.
- s. v.sub voce.
- ch.chapter.
- MSS.manuscript, manuscripts.
- A. D.Anno Domini.
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Þiðr.Þiðreks saga. (G. I.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Sverr. S.Sverris saga. (E. I.)
- Hkr.Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Arna-Magn.Arna-Magnacanus.
- Sb.Staðarhóls-bók. (B. I.)
- K. Þ. K.Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- Íb.Íslendinga-bók. (D. I.)
- Kb.Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)
- Js.Járnsíða. (B. III.)