Lög-gilda

Old Norse Dictionary - lög-gilda

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

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

lög-gilda (lǫg-gilda)
t, to give lawful currency to.

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

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


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