Holmgöngulög

Old Norwegian Dictionary - holmgöngulög

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "holmgöngulög" (or holmgǫngulǫg) in Norwegian.

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

holmgöngulög (holmgǫngulǫg): holmgöngulög, n. pl. Lov, Regler hvor- efter man ved holmganga havde at rette sig (jvf Vígagl. 453). Vallalj. 314;Svarfd. 911; Eg. 67 (16123).

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, holmgöngulög may be more accurately written as holmgǫngulǫg.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚮᛚᛘᚵᚯᚿᚵᚢᛚᚯᚵ
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:

fd.: finlandisk.

n.: Neutrum.

pl.: Pluralis.

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