Lögleiga

Old Norwegian Dictionary - lögleiga

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "lögleiga" (or lǫgleiga) in Norwegian.

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

lögleiga (lǫgleiga)
lögleiga, f. lovbestemt Leie eller Løn (jvflögkaup). Grág. 21310. 21619. 2214.22310. 13 (Grág. II, 1406. 14317. 14513).

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, lögleiga may be more accurately written as lǫgleiga.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚯᚵᛚᚽᛁᚵᛆ
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.

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