skurtheman (ODan) noun

Usually plural. Men who kept track, possibly by notches in a wooden stick, of landowners’ responsibility to pay military tax (ODan havne, see hamna) and fines for not participating in the launching of a new ship for the levy (ODan lething, see leþunger).


tally man ODan JyL 3 Refs:

Tamm and Vogt, eds, 2016, 314

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/4853
    (07/27/2024)