varþing (OSw) várþing (ON) noun

A þing ‘assembly’ held in spring. In OIce Grg, the venue for sóknarþing (see soknaþing) and skuldaþing (q.v.), dealing with verdicts and payments respectively, and presumably held in each quarter (ON fjórðung, see fiarþunger). In OSw YVgL, appearing, along with höstþing (q.v.) ‘assembly held in autumn’, in the context of refusal to fence, suggesting that this þing dealt with local village matters, but also appearing in reference to ræfsingaþing (q.v.), literally ‘punishment assembly’.


spring assembly OIce Grg Klþ 4, 10 Þsþ 49, 54 Vís 100 Lrþ 117 Arþ 122 Ómb 128 Feþ 147
OSw YVgL Utgb, Add
Refs:

KLNM s.v. várþing

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/5726
    (07/27/2024)