Lögsjándi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - lögsjándi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "lögsjándi" (or lǫgsjándi) in Norwegian.

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

lögsjándi (lǫgsjándi): lögsjándi, m. 1) Person som har væretØienvidne til noget og har saadan Kund-skab derom, at han kan ansees for lovligtVidne. Grág. II, 312 se under lögsegjandi. 2) Person som Kreditor og Debitor hverfor sig opnævne, tilkalde for at han skalse og bedømme fé þat, er þar skalgjaldast, hvárt þat sé gilt eða eigi,hverigir aurar sem ero. Grág. 21423 fgg(Grg. II, 14116 fgg) jvf 21815 (Grg. II,1455); allt metfé þat, er gjalda skal,skolo þeir taka til, er gjald eigust við,sínn mann hvárr lögmetanda ok lög-sjánda Grg. II, 19425; nú ero lögsjáendrósáttir um metorð Grág. 21510 fgg (Grg.II, 14128). 3) Person der skal være til-stede som lovligt Vidne, naar der fore-tages rannsókn (jvf Grg. II, 166 fg);er rannsókn þessi nökkut með lögumupp tekin eðr hafi þér nökkura lög-sjándr til kvadda at skynja þetta málo. s. v.? Eb. 18 (2218).

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, lögsjándi may be more accurately written as lǫgsjándi.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚯᚵᛋᛁᛆᚿᚦᛁ
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.

v.: Verbum.

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