Lög-saga

Old Norse Dictionary - lög-saga

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

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

lög-saga Old Norse word can mean:

lög-saga (lǫg-saga): u, f.

lög-saga (lǫg-saga): I. ‘law-saying,’ ‘law-speaking,’ pronouncing the law, FmS. ix. 332; þá bað hann Þóri lögmann birta sína lögsögu, 335.

lög-saga (lǫg-saga): II. the office of the lögsögu-maðr in Icel., and lögmaðr (lagman) in Sweden and Norway (from segja lög, to speak the law): the phrases, taka lögsögu, hafa lögsögu, þar næst tók Hramn lögsögu næstr Hængi, ok hafði tuttugu sumur, Jb. 6, passim; for Norway, see FmS. ix. 330, 332; for Icel., see Íb., Kristni S., Grág., Nj. passim; as for the public reading of the law from the Law-hill (upp-saga) see Grág. i. 2, 3: (op. the legal usage of the Isle of Man.)

lög-saga (lǫg-saga): COMPDS: lögsögumaðr, lögsögumannsrúm, lögsögumannsþáttr.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

n.: neuter.

S.: Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Íb.: Íslendinga-bók. (D. I.)

Jb.: Jóns-bók. (B. III.)

Kristni S.: Kristni Saga. (D. I. III.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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