skóggangr (ON) noun

‘A going to the woods’; full outlawry. A sentence of outlawry which stripped the offender of all legal rights and protections. Several crimes warranted a penalty of full outlawry, including assault and homicide (Grg Víg 86), arson (Grg Vís 109) and horse theft (Grg Feþ 164). Skóggangr was a lifetime sentence, as opposed to ‘lesser outlawry’ (ON fjörbaugsgarðr), which was limited to three years.

full outlawry OIce Grg Vís 88 Feþ 166 Refs:

CV s.v. skóggangr; Fritzner s.v. skóggangr; GAO s.v. Wargus; Hertzberg s.v. skóggangr; KLNM s.v.v. fredløshed, straff; LexMA s.v. Strafe, Strafrecht; Lúðvík Ingvarsson 1970, 96−140; MSE s.v. Outlawry; Riisøy 2014