Lögskuld

Old Norwegian Dictionary - lögskuld

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "lögskuld" (or lǫgskuld) in Norwegian.

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

lögskuld (lǫgskuld)
lögskuld, f. lovlig Forpligtelse til vedArbeide i ens Tjeneste at afbetale sinGjæld til ham; ef hann (nL. Skyldneren)vil eigi til fara (nL. til den som á atskuldfesta hann se L. 20), þá skal hann(nL. den til hvem han er gjældbunden)leggja lögskuld á hann Grág. 10424(Grg. II, 418); skuldarmaðr sá, er ílögskuld er tekinn Grág. 9611.

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚯᚵᛋᚴᚢᛚᚦ
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:

f.
Feminin.
L.
Linje.
nl.
nemlig.

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