sialagift (OSw) sjalegift (ODan) sálugjöf (ON) siælagift (OSw) siælagæf (OSw) noun

A gift for the soul, one’s own or somebody else’s, often to a religious institution and restricted as to the amount allowed to be given. In OIce, also a mandatory gift as an addition to the tiund ‘tithe’ or as a contribution to the poor. Also a burial fee to the priest in OSw (as well as in ONorw, where it, however, only appears in later diplomas).


gift for the soul ODan ESjL 1
ODan JyL 1, 3

gift for the soul’s good OIce Grg Arþ 127
soul gift ODan SkBL
OIce KRA 11, 13
OSw BjR
OSw HL Kkb
OSw SdmL Kkb
OSw SmL

spiritual gift OSw YVgL Add Refs:

Fritzner s.v. sálagipt; Gerhold 2002, 206; Hertzberg s.v. sálugjöf; KLNM s.v. sjelegave

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/4604
    (07/27/2024)