Lögfrétt

Old Norwegian Dictionary - lögfrétt

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "lögfrétt" (or lǫgfrétt) in Norwegian.

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

lögfrétt (lǫgfrétt)
lögfrétt, f. Forespørgsel som man efterLoven kan gjøre med Ret til at faa denbesvaret og i den Hensigt at faa saadanOplysning, som er en fornøden for at hanikke skal gjøre sig skyldig i et Misgreb,naar han skal kveðja kviðar, = lög-spurning; ef maðr kveðr griðmennbúakviðar eða þann fyrir bú manns, ereigi er þingheyjandi - -, ok eigihann kost at spyrja lögfréttar, ef hannvill, ok (dvs. saa) ónýtir hann þá málitfyrir sér Grg. I, 5221 jvf spyrja lög-spurning, spyrja lögspurningar annanGrg. I, 4124 fg

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚯᚵᚠᚱᚽᛏᛏ
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:

f.
Feminin.
s.
substantiv.

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