Lög-skil

Old Norse Dictionary - lög-skil

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

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

lög-skil Old Norse word can mean:

lög-skil (lǫg-skil): n. pl. ‘law-business,’ such as pleading, or any public duties in the courts or in the lögrétta; Mörðr gigja mælti lögskil at vanda sínum, Nj. 3; hverr sá maðr er þar þurfti lögskil af hendi at leysa at dómi, skyldi áðr eið vinna …, Landn. 258; allir þeir menn er lögskil nokkur skulu mæla at dómum á alþingi, hvárt er þeir skulu sakir sækja eðr verja, eðr bera vætti eðr kviðu, ok skulu þeir vinna eiða, áðr þeir mæli þeim málum, svá at dómendr heyri, Grág. i. 56.

lög-skil (lǫg-skil): II. a lawful procedure; ef maðr skýtr niðr úmaga með engi lögskil (unlawfully), Grág. i. 297.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

l.: line.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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