leysingi

(gen. -ja), m. freedman.

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a, m., also lausingi, leysingr, m., esp. in gen. leysings, N. G. L. i. 29, 33, 36, 49, 238, 345, Grág. i. 185, Jb. 6:—a freedman, Lat. libertus; þræls morð eða leysings, Jb. l. c., Grág. i. 184, 185, 265, 266, Eb. 166, Eg. 740, Ld. 12, 100, Landn. 111, 112, Nj. 59, Fb. i. 538, Fms. i. 114. leysings-eyrir, m. a freedman’s fee, to be paid to his master to the amount of six ounces, N. G. L. i. 36, 39.

II. a landlouper; harm var náliga lausingi einn félauss, Ld. 38: = lausamaðr.