vanrökt (OSw) vanrøkt (ODan) vanrækt (ON) vanrǿkð (ON) vanrykt (OSw) noun

Domestic animals and other items borrowed, hired, taken as security or otherwise kept by someone other than the owner were to be cared for and returned unharmed or be compensated to their value. In OSw ÄVgL and YVgL, neglect of this caring duty included drowning, injuries from shackles and starvation, but they also allowed exceptions to this duty in cases of ofæfli ‘superior force’ which included natural disasters (thunder and fire), disease (boils and epilepsy) and bears. Thieves and wolves were alternately treated as vanrökt and ofæfli. ODan SkL also mentions ofævle, albeit undefined, but includes it in the caring duty. Other mentions of vanrökt, vangöma (q.v.), vangömsla are not defined and often deal with fire or delapidation of houses.

neglect OSw HL Kkb
OSw KrL Äb
OSw MEL Äb
OSw MESt Äb Bb
OSw UL Kkb, Äb
OSw VmL Kkb, Äb
negligence ODan ESjL 3
ODan SkL 226, 235
OIce Jó Llb 71
ONorw FrL ArbB 24