baugrygr

== Old Norse == === Etymology === baugr (“ring, bracelet”) +‎ rygr === Noun === baugrygr f (genitive baugrygjar) 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