Lögþingismaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - lögþingismaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "lögþingismaðr" (or lǫgþingismaðr) in Norwegian.

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

lögþingismaðr (lǫgþingismaðr): lögþingismaðr, m. Mand som er nefndrtil lögþingis (= nefndarmaðr Landsl.1, 23. 8. 12. 14; nefndr maðr Gul. 35. 28;þingmaðr, þingamaðr Gul. 32. 15. 39; DN.I, 9321). Landsl. 1, 516; allir lögþingis-menn á Hjaltlandi DN. I, 892.

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, lögþingismaðr may be more accurately written as lǫgþingismaðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚯᚵᚦᛁᚿᚵᛁᛋᛘᛆᚦᚱ
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.