baugrygr

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

baugr (“ring, bracelet”) +‎ rygr

Noun[edit]

baugrygr f (genitive baugrygjar)

  1. a woman who has inherited the position of head of a family and is thus entitled to receive and pay wergeld

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Robert Edwards, Vickie L. Ziegler, Matrons and Marginal Women in Medieval Society (1995), page 85
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