Lög-pundari

Old Norse Dictionary - lög-pundari

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

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

lög-pundari (lǫg-pundari)
a, m. a legal steel-yard, Grág. i. 499.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
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