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1 arfleiîslugjöf
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2 testament
n. bequest, will.* * *n. [for. word; Lat. testamentum], a bequest, will, Bs. i. 718; bequests were an innovation from the Roman law, for as Tacitus says—heredes successoresque sui cuique liberi, et ‘nullum testamentum,’ ch, 20; the ancient Northern law knows no ‘last will,’ yet cp. Eg. ch. 9.II. eccl. the Testament, N. T., Vídal. -
3 gjaf-erfð
f. a bequest, Fms. vii. 124, N. G. L. i. 50. -
4 mál-dagi
a, m. a covenant, agreement; at því skal virða sem máldagar vóru með þeim, Grág. i. 155; fá slíkan stað ok máldaga þeim griðmönnum, er áðr vóru teknir, sem þeir áttu sér mæltan, 154; inna máldaga, to fulfil the agreements, ii. 267, 366; ek vil setja hér til máldaga með okkr, Fms. i. 261, Orkn. 52; eptir réttum siðum ok fornum máldögum, Fms. i. 257, v. l.; göra máldaga við e-n, K. Þ. K. 56; sá mádagi á at haldask, id.; hann görði þann máldaga of fé sitt, of a bequest, Mar.2. a written deed, chartulary, esp. of the rights, property, and inventories of churches, kirkju-máldagi; the old eccl. law made it incumbent on the church-lord or churchwarden to put on parchment any gift or emolument made to the church by private donors; this deed (máldagi) might then for authorisation and publication be brought into parliament to be read in the Lögrétta or from the Law-hill. It had also to be read at home once a twelvemonth at church when there were many worshippers present, see K. Þ. K. 46 (ch. 10), K. Á. 190, Bs. i. 778. A specimen of such an original scroll with successive entries in different hands is the Reykjaholts-máldagi ( the deed of Reykholt, dating from the time of Snorri the historian). An interesting collection of the earliest máldagar, all in the vernacular tongue, and very illustrative of the state of the infant church of Iceland, has been published by Jón Sigurdsson in D. I. i, as also in H. E. passim. At a later date (13th and 14th centuries) the bishops used to make collections for their diocese of all the special máldagar, entering them into one book, which was to be kept at the cathedral; for several such collections, bearing the names of the respective bishops who collected them, see List of Authors (J. I.) máldaga-bók, -skrá, f. a book, entry, of máldagar; jarða-máldagi, a deed telling the landmarks etc. of a farm or estate. -
5 SKEYTA
(-tta, -ttr), v.1) to transfer, convey a piece of land to another (s. e-m jörð, s. jarðir til kirkju);2) vera undir e-n skyldr ok skeyttr, to be bound, subject to one;3) skeyta e-m forvitni, to satisfy one’s curiosity;4) s. e-t saman, to join together;5) s. um e-t, to care for, trouble oneself about (þeir skeyttu ekki um þá).* * *t, [skaut; Dan. sköde], a law term derived from the symbolical act used in transferring land by donation or bequest; the donor put a sod from the land into the new owner’s lap (for the reference from N. G. L. i. 96, see s. v. mold); hence skeyta land, to convey a piece of land to another; nú kaupir maðr jörð í fjölda manna, þá eigu þingmenn at skeyta honum jörð, … þá eigu þingmenn honum með vápna-taki jörð at s., … þat skal jamt halda sem á þingi sé skeytt, N. G. L. i. 96; skeyta jörð undir e-n, Munk. 79, 139, D. N. iii. 250, 253; konungr skeytti honum jarðir austr við lands-enda, Fms. vi. 432; taka þeir fasteignir kirkjunnar ok s. ok skipta sem þeim líkar, K. Á. 232: of a person, vera skyldr ok skeyttr undir e-n í öllum hlutum, or vera e-m skyldr ok skeyttr, to be bound, subject to one, Fms. vi. 53, vii. 315; jörð brigð ok skeytt undir mik ok minn ættlegg, Gþl. 296, 302; skeytti hann (the king) jarðir miklar til kirkju, Ó. H. 168; þá var skeytt þangat Hernes mikla á Frostu, Fms. vii. 196; nú kaupir maðr jörð til skeytingar ok vill hinn eigi s. er seldi, N. G. L. i. 93; skeyta e-m forvitni, to satisfy one’s curiosity, Ld. 98, Ísl, ii. 375.2. skeyta saman [skauti], to join together; gékk í sundr skip-rá þeirra … vill þú skeyta rá vára saman, Fbr. 81 new Ed., freq. in mod. usage.II. metaph., s. um e-t, to care for; þeir skeyttu ekki um þá, Sturl. ii. 100; ef sá vill sem fyrir verðr, en ef hann skeytir eigi um, þá á konungr ekki á því, N. G. L. i. 334: freq. in mod. usage, e. g. Matth. xxii. 16. -
6 gjaferfð
f. bequest.
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bequest — /bakwest/ A gift (transfer) by will of personal property; a legacy. Disposition of realty in will is termed devise. See also charitable bequest demonstrative bequest devise general bequest legacy … Black's law dictionary
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