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Old Norse
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Noun
meinbugir m pl
- impediments which make it sinful or wicked to do a thing
Á þessum ráðum liggja stórir meinbugir, þvíat þat er it mesta Kristni-spell skírðum mönnum at eta hross.- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (esp of marriages) the forbidding the banns
Finnask nokkurir þeir menn er þar vita meinbugi á, þá skulu þeir segja til fyrir brúðlaup, segja þeir eigi fyrr til meinbuga en brúðlaup er gört, þá skal engi maðr þeim þar um trúa, nema þeir hafi svá í fjarska verit, at þau tíðendi hafi eigi til þeirra komit.- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
(Can we date this quote?), Icelandi Prayer Book:ef nökkur veit þar meinbugi á, skal hann segja til þeirra í tíma eða þegja síðan- If any doth know of any impediments, let him speak them in time or keep his silence later.
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References
- “meinbugir”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press