Götulægi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - götulægi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "götulægi" (or gǫtulægi) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

götulægi (gǫtulægi)
götulægi, n. Sted, hvorover der gaar gata eller hvor der ligger en gata;kenduz þa, at fyrnemdar dagar varþeira rettar stemno daghar um götuok burek fra øystri Kila ok vestarum vestre Kila; kerde þa Jon, at hansfader ok moder ok han nytu ser þagotu til fiar hamnar, en Hakon suaradeok sagdez hafua þer huarket gotu ædargotu leghe a lakth ok eigh hans faderfiri honum ok baud retta hefd okfynd firi sæk bade um gotu ok ham-naleghe; nu eftir - þa dømde ekmed lagar orskurd, at þe sem bu aöystri Kila skulu þa gotu ok hamna-lege nyta ææ til þess at - Dn. IX, 2189 fgg; gatwleghe mellom Ring-stadh ok Mædhelness (paa Enebak- næsset) Dn. I, 10017 jvf Dn. I, 616under götugarðr.

Part of speech: n

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, götulægi may be more accurately written as gǫtulægi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚯᛏᚢᛚᛅᚵᛁ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

n.
Neutrum.

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