Lagahöfðingi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - lagahöfðingi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "lagahöfðingi" (or lagahǫfðingi) in Norwegian.

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

lagahöfðingi (lagahǫfðingi): lagahöfðingi, m. Lovens Haandhæver ogOpretholder; er sá rettr lagahöfðingi,er hefnir eftir lögum, ef lögin erueigi offrek, ok hefnir hann fyrir guðssakir góðum mönnum til friðar, okhefnir með ástum en eigi með heiftumHeilag. I, 4688.

Part of speech: m

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᛆᚵᛆᚼᚯᚠᚦᛁᚿᚵᛁ
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.