kvið-burðr

m. [bera kvið], the verdict or delivery of the verdict of neighbours (búar), Grág. i. 54, 104, 168, Nj. 87, passim; þá berr norðr alla kviðburði = in that spot the verdict belongs to neighbours to be summoned in the north, referring to a battle fought on the northern slope of a wilderness, Ísl. ii. 347: metaph., ryðja menn ór kviðburðinum, to challenge men out of the k., i. e. to challenge the neighbours, Nj. 235.