Löguneyti

Old Norwegian Dictionary - löguneyti

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "löguneyti" (or lǫguneyti) in Norwegian.

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

löguneyti (lǫguneyti): löguneyti, n. Samfund som bestaar af lögunautar, Forhold som finder Stedmellem dem; þá skaltu ganga til handakonungi ok því næst í löguneyti viðhirð hans Kgs. 6716; skal sá, sem mis-gerir, bjóða allar sœmdir ok yfirbœtr,en sá, sem eigi býðr eptir brot, sásegir sik sjalfr or löguneyti Hirðskrá415 jvf 5322.

Part of speech: n

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚯᚵᚢᚿᚽᛦᛏᛁ
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:

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.

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