baugrygr
Old Norse
Etymology
baugr (“ring, bracelet”) + rygr
Noun
baugrygr f (genitive baugrygjar)
- a woman who has inherited the position of head of a family and is thus entitled to receive and pay wergeld
See also
- Swedish ringkvinna
Further reading
- Robert Edwards, Vickie L. Ziegler, Matrons and Marginal Women in Medieval Society (1995), page 85