baugrygr
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Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
baugr (“ring, bracelet”) + rygr
Noun[edit]
baugrygr f (genitive baugrygjar)
- 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