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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