Lögmót

Old Norwegian Dictionary - lögmót

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "lögmót" (or lǫgmót) in Norwegian.

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

lögmót (lǫgmót)
lögmót, n. = lögfundr; ætla ek þó tíðastat selja goðorð af hendi á lögmótum eðahelguðum leiðum eða þingum Band.*425; Jökull hlaut Ættartanga, hafðihann sverðit á leikmótum ok hesta-þingum, en Þórsteinn bar hann (nl. Ættartanga) á leiðum ok lögmótum,því at Jökull vildi, at svá væri Vatsd.27 (4326).

Part of speech: n

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚯᚵᛘᚮᛏ
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:

n.
Neutrum.
nl.
nemlig.

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