Hirðlög

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hirðlög

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hirðlög" (or hirðlǫg) in Norwegian.

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

hirðlög (hirðlǫg): hirðlög, n. pl. det Samfund som Hirden (hirð) danner, den for Hirden gjældendeLov, de for samme bestaaende retslige Forhold. Hirðskrá 1; taka e-n í hirð-lög með sér dvs. optage en i sin Hird, OH. 20413; ganga í hirðlög dvs. lade sigoptage, indlemme i Hirden, Eg. 8 (1318).25 (4911); segja sik, vera or hirðlögumdvs. udelukke sig, være udelukket af Hirden,Hirðskrá 375. 4111. 16; ogsaa Gizurr jarlpaa Island havde hirðmenn Fm. X, 9319.

Part of speech: n pl

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᛁᚱᚦᛚᚯᚵ
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:

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

pl.: Pluralis.

s.: substantiv.

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