Lögtaka

Old Norwegian Dictionary - lögtaka

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "lögtaka" (or lǫgtaka) in Norwegian.

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

lögtaka (lǫgtaka): lögtaka, v. (-tók) 1) = taka í lög (under lög 3), lögleiða 1; þeir báru ráð tilsamans -, at þat yrði lögtekit, atmenn tíunduðu fé sítt o. s. v. Bp. I, 683;eptir því, sem firir löngu var lögtekithér í lögréttu Bp. I, 72029; messudagaeigum vér at halda lögtekna Grg. I,302 jvf Vallalj. 38; Ann. 1189 underlögleiða 1. 2) = taka í lög (under lög 4), lögleiða 2; eru þeir (nL. Vagnog hans félagar) nú lögteknir (dvs. ind-tagne i Jómsvíkinga lög) Jómsv. 285. 3) = lögleiða 3; svá sem sá einn er núfullkominn í heilagra manna tölu, semí Romaborg ok af páfa er lögtekinn,svá skyldi sá ok engin í goða tölu,sem eigi væri af Romverjum lögtekinnPost. 15713 fg; allan sínn lífstíma prófasthann (nL. heilagr Anselmus L. 238) íréttvísi mikill ok lögtekinn í guðskristni Æf. 16245; lögtekin ritningHeilag. II, 15238; jvf Post. 6648.

Part of speech: v

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚯᚵᛏᛆᚴᛆ
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.

n.: Neutrum.

nl.: nemlig.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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