hreppstjóri
nafnorðkarlkynhrepp-stjóri
a, a ‘Rape-steerer,’ overseer, 186, 116: in each Rape in the best yeoman is chosen as hreppstjóri by the sheriff (amtmaðr) or, as in former days, by the parishioners, but he is not paid; he has, jointly with the parish priest, to manage the business of the Rape, to see to the maintenance of the poor, fix the poor-rate of each franklin, and, as there are no poor-houses, to arrange the distribution of the poor (úmagar) among the parishioners. In the days of the Commonwealth there was a committee of five members, called hreppstjórnarmenn (), which discharged the duties of the present hreppstjóri; með ráði heima-prests ok hreppstjóra, 116. This word does not occur in the Grágás, but only after 1281; for the reading hreppstjóri in the i. 199 (in a deed supposed to be of 1150) is only found in a transcript, and the original had hreppstjórnarmenn ()
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- esp.especially.
- q. v.quod vide.
- A. D.Anno Domini.
- mod.modern.
- prob.probably.
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- Jb.Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Vm.Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
- D. I.Diplomatarium Islandicum. (J. I.)