sauðbítr (ON) noun

A sheep biter; a dog which repeatedly bites sheep. Used as an insult in manuscript variants of Jóns saga helga.


sheep worrier OFar Seyð 6 Refs:

CV s.v. sauðbítr; Fritzner s.v. sauðbítr; Seyð. ed. p. 64

Citation
  • ‘sauðbítr’. A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law.

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/4561
    (07/27/2024)