Lögmætr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - lögmætr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "lögmætr" (or lǫgmætr) in Norwegian.

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

lögmætr (lǫgmætr): lögmætr, adj. d.s.? ek mun svá sakarsœkja - - k verja ok öll lögmætskil af hendi leysa, þau er undir mikkoma, me¶8an ek em á þvísa þingi Grg.I, 4025; ef maðr lýsir til fimtardómsum bjargir manna, ok (dvs. da) skal ákveða á sökina ok veita honum í þvílögmæta björg, engi skal ifasök veraGrg. I, 7815; nú er skorar svá mjöká mik (nl. at ek skal taka við yðr), þáskaltu ei vinna at várum landslögumfyrir yðr alla, at þér skuluð enganújafnað gera í vetr neinum manni eðrþær sakir, at lögmætar eru hvárki viðmik né aðra Flat. I, 4117 (Fm. III,14420).

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, lögmætr may be more accurately written as lǫgmætr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚯᚵᛘᛅᛏᚱ
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.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

s.: substantiv.

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