baugrygr

Old Norse

Etymology

baugr (“ring, bracelet”) +‎ rygr

Noun

baugrygr f (genitive baugrygjar)

1. 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