Lögsegjandi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - lögsegjandi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "lögsegjandi" (or lǫgsegjandi) in Norwegian.

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

lögsegjandi (lǫgsegjandi)
lögsegjandi, (m.) Person som kan give lov-gyldig Underretning eller Oplysning ieller om en Sag (eg. Præs. Part. aflögsegja); hvar þess er lögsegjendr eðalögsjáendr ganga hvárn tveggja vegfrá vígi; en þeir ero lögsegjendr eðalögsjáendr, karlar 12 vetra gamlir eðaellri, þeir er fyrir eiði ok orði kunnohyggja, frjálsir menn ok heimilisfastirGrág. 31218 fg (Grg. I, 15319).

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, lögsegjandi may be more accurately written as lǫgsegjandi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚯᚵᛋᚽᚵᛁᛆᚿᚦᛁ
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:

eg.
egentlig.
m.
Masculin.
Part.
Participium.
s.
substantiv.

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