| Alþingi | Iceland’s General Assembly, an annual gathering of chieftains and free men to settle prominent legal matters |
| Full outlawry | Outlawry for life (skóggangr); also entailed forfeiture of one’s property |
| Grágás | “Grey Goose”: the medieval Icelandic written law code, surviving in two 13th-century manuscripts |
| Lawspeaker | (lǫgsǫgumaðr) A public office in which one was required to recite the laws of Iceland at the country’s annual General Assembly (Alþingi) over the course of three sessions (i.e. years) |
| Lesser outlawry | Three years’ outlawry (fjǫrbaugsgarðr); also entailed forfeiture of one’s property |
| Outlawry | The condition of being systematically denied legal protection, meaning one could be killed by anyone without repercussions |