Lög-mál

Old Norse Dictionary - lög-mál

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

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

lög-mál Old Norse word can mean:

lög-mál (lǫg-mál)
n. prescription, rule of the law; skulum vér þat lögmál hafa um útgörðir várar er fyrr hefir verit, n. G. L. i. 104; með þessu lögmáli skulu börn hans til arfs koma, 152; greiða lögmál, to solve a law point, Grág. i. 7; hafði þat lögmál á verit, at …, it was the old law, that …, 309: = lögskil, mæla lögmálum sínum, Eg. 734.
lög-mál (lǫg-mál)
2. ordinance, statute, Th. 82, esp. in an eccL. sense; hlýðinn Guði ok hans lögmáli, Bs. i. 263; Guð hafði þat birt í inu forna lögmáli, Stj. 42, Skálda 209, 210 (of the old and new covenant), BarL. passim: in mod. usage esp. of the Mosaic law, Lögmálið, n. T., VídaL., Pass.
lög-mál (lǫg-mál)
COMPDS: lögmálsbók, lögmálsspjöld, lögmálsstaðr, logmálsörk.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

L.
Linnæus.
n.
neuter.
eccl.
ecclesiastical.
esp.
especially.
l.
line.
mod.
modern.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Barl.
Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
N. T.
New Testament.
Pass.
Passiu-Sálmar.
Skálda
Skálda. (H. I.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Th.
Theophilus. (F. III.)
Vídal.
Vídalíns-Postilla.
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