Lögskilaváttr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - lögskilaváttr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "lögskilaváttr" (or lǫgskilaváttr) in Norwegian.

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

lögskilaváttr (lǫgskilaváttr): lögskilaváttr, m. Vidne hvis Vidnesbyrdtjener, skal tjene til Bevis for noget ien Sag; sagðist þá Guðbrandr hafalögskilavátta, at Þóraldr lögmaðr skildihonum lausn á Heiði DN. V, 13220 jvf 22. 28.

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, lögskilaváttr may be more accurately written as lǫgskilaváttr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚯᚵᛋᚴᛁᛚᛆᚠᛆᛏᛏᚱ
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.