English Explanatory Dictionary

polotaswarf

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The right of the Viking Varangian guard, upon the death of the Byzantine emperor, to remove from the royal palace as much treasure as they could carry in their hands.

Word forms

polotaswarf polutasvarf

Etymology

From Old Norse, palace-looting.

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