hemingr
nafnorð, karlkyn
Merkingar
m. (hömungr, N. G. L. ii. 511), [höm = a shank], the skin of the shanks of a hide; eigi vilda ek sjá þá húð er þú ert einn h. af, Fb. iii. 405; in N. G. L. i. 208 referring to a curious old ceremony of adoption:—the adopted son himself and his nearest heirs were to put their feet into a shoe made from the skin of the right leg of a three years old ox, cp. Ruth iv. 7, and Deut. xxv. 9.
- II.
a pr. name, Fb. iii, prob. derived from this mode of adoption.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- cp.
- compare.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- prob.
- probably.
Tilvitnuð rit
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók. (E. I.)