Lög-boð

Old Norse Dictionary - lög-boð

Meaning of Old Norse word "lög-boð" (or lǫg-boð) in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

lög-boð (lǫg-boð)
n. a legal bid, at a sale, Grág. i. 198: a lawful call = lögbeiðing, Nj. 238:—a law, ordinance, mod. = laga-boð.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, lög-boð may be more accurately written as lǫg-boð.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᚴ-ᛒᚢᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages descending from Old Norse.

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