Lög-skuld

Old Norse Dictionary - lög-skuld

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

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

lög-skuld (lǫg-skuld)
f. a legal debt. lögskuldar-maðr, m., and -kona, u, f. a male (female) legal debtor, Grág. i. 221, 233, 339, ii. 69, 70.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
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