karlgildr
lýsingarorðkarl-gildr
, a law term, meaning full, complete; thus karlgildr úmagi means, not a ‘male-úmagi,’ but a ‘complete invalid,’ one who can contribute nothing towards his sustenance, an infant, a sick or aged person, male or female. The word is a standing term in the old church deeds, where the donor charged the gift with the support of a karlgild úmagi for ever, passim. The old Swedish laws present the same use of the word, karlgild mark = good money, money of full value, see
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
- e. g.exempli gratia.
- s. v.sub voce.
- D. I.Diplomatarium Islandicum. (J. I.)
- Verel.Verelius, Index.