muta (OSw) múta (ON) noun

A bribe. Related to Gothic mōta (‘toll’). At some point múta meant a business transaction fee or gift, a sense retained in ÄVgL, where it is described as a gift of movable goods. In the Gammal Norsk Homiliebok, mútufé (‘bribe’) is listed among the deadly sins.

bribe OIce Jó Mah 17 Kge 18
OIce Js Kvg 4
ONorw FrL Kvb 9
ONorw MLL Mah 17 Llb 7
OSw KrL Rb
OSw MEL Rb
OSw MESt Kgb
OSw SdmL Kmb
OSw YVgL Add
gift OSw ÄVgL Äb, Kva Refs:

CV s.v. múta; Fritzner s.v. múta; Haubrichs 2014; KLNM s.v. huvudsynd; Lindkvist 2021, 153, n. 2; Schlyter s.v. muta