Lög-ráðandi

Old Norse Dictionary - lög-ráðandi

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

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

lög-ráðandi (lǫg-ráðandi): part. a legal guardian, warden, Grág. i. 162 [cp. Germ. vormund, as also vollmündig], K. Þ. K. 158; at hann mundi réttr lögráðandi fyrir dóttur sinni, Lv. 32; hann lét móður sína lögráðandi, Ld. 62.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

Germ.: German.

m.: masculine.

part.: participle.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

K. Þ. K.: Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Lv.: Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)

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