skattr

Merkingar

m. [Ulf. renders ἀργύριον, δηνάριον, and μνα, all by skatts; A. S. sceat = a coin; O. H. G. scaz, whence mod. Germ. schatz; scatt is an old Danish tax still paid in Shetl.; Dan. skat]:—tribute, Fms. i. 157, Hkr. i. 58, Nj. 8; svarinn Hákoni ok Magnúsi Noregs konungum land ok þegnar ok æfinligr skattr á Íslandi, Ann. 1262, cp. 1263, 1264: allit., leigt Ísland með sköttum ok skyldum um þrjá vetr, 1361; allan Noreg með sköttum ok skyldum, Fms. i. 3; Róma-skattr, Peter’s pence: the phrase, skatt vel ek honum harðan, pay him hard tribute, Orkn. 20 (ironically, in a verse on piling stones over a slain king): in Icel. the tax paid to the king was levied on the franklins (skattbændr), as described in Jb. 52, 53.

1. 2.

   in mod. usage any taxes and dues are called skattr.

2. II.

   a share or portion of food, a breakfast is in Icel. called skattr, prob. corrupted from skamtr, skamta; skyr og rjóma í litla skattinn.