Lögmark

Old Norwegian Dictionary - lögmark

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "lögmark" (or lǫgmark) in Norwegian.

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

lögmark (lǫgmark)
lögmark, m. lovligt Mærke; ef hann máeigi upp koma (faa paa Land det rekatre, som han har fundet), ok (dvs. da)á hann at marka tré -; hann eignasthvargi er á land kemr, ef hann hefirlögmark á lagt Grág. 3019 (Grg. I,2828).

Part of speech: m

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚯᚵᛘᛆᚱᚴ
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:

m.
Masculin.
s.
substantiv.

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