Löguváttr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - löguváttr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "löguváttr" (or lǫguváttr) in Norwegian.

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

löguváttr (lǫguváttr): löguváttr, m. Person som har at aflæggeVidnesbyrd om Aftale eller Bestemmelseangaaende Dag og Sted (jvf lögudagr);vér höfðum áðr sett þeim öllum dagmeð síno skilríki millom Ólafs mœssosíðara ok Laufrens vöku, ok þeir höfðumeð handlagi Þorðr o. s. v., þótti ossei fyrr nœgjast, en laguváttar géngu;leiddi þá Þórðr - fram tvá vátta - -,er báro ok svóro, at þer váro þeirhjá - -, er Þórer -, Þórðr - oksira /OE/. rauðr tóko dag með handlagiok fullu laga skilorði, at þeir - DN.V, 18217.

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, löguváttr may be more accurately written as lǫguváttr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚯᚵᚢᚠᛆᛏᛏᚱ
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.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.