Löglangr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - löglangr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "löglangr" (or lǫglangr) in Norwegian.

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

löglangr (lǫglangr)
löglangr, adj. saadan som er af den lov-bestemte Længde; þau embætti eru nútöld í farmannalögum, er vera eigu áhverju löglöngu skipi, en þat er lög-langt, er sessum má telja eða áhöfnumskipa Jb. 408 (NL. IV, 3273 fg); jvf ByL.9, 23 &vl 18. 20, medens Texten for löglangr har lögligr.

Part of speech: adj

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚯᚵᛚᛆᚿᚵᚱ
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:

adj.
Adjectiv.
gr.
græft.
L.
Linje.

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