Löggjöf

Old Norwegian Dictionary - löggjöf

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "löggjöf" (or lǫggjǫf) in Norwegian.

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

löggjöf (lǫggjǫf)
löggjöf, f. Gave som man efter Loven erberettiget til at give (jvf GuL. 1294 fgg;Frost. 9, 3 fg). LandsL. 5, 218 = Jb.163 (NL. IV, 24125); ef hann hefir meiragefit en löggjafir DN. II, 4110; er þettalöggjöf herra Ógmundar faður hansDN. V, 9313 jvf 11; löggjafir ok jafnaðar-gjafir þær, sem Ormsteinn ok Ásahafðe sín í millium gefizt DN. IV, 35124(jvf L. 14); fyrir þau 11 kýrlag, semÞ. Finsson gaf áðr nefndri Bótildikonu sínni þá, er hann festi hana, íallar löggjafir DN. IV, 7239.

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, löggjöf may be more accurately written as lǫggjǫf.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚯᚵᚵᛁᚯᚠ
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.
L.
Linje.

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