Lögverja

Old Norwegian Dictionary - lögverja

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "lögverja" (or lǫgverja) in Norwegian.

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

lögverja (lǫgverja)
lögverja, v. (-varði) fredlyse, = verjalögum ok dómi (DN. IV, 1138. 11468),verja lýritti (se under lýrittr), lögfesta,festa lög fyrir; dœmdist nú í haust -Jörundi, er nú á Hallriði, bæði jörðok landskyldir, krafði Jörundr land-skyldanna ok lögvarði jörðina DN. IV,14911; lögverjum vér hana (nL. jörð þá,sem Ormr - gaf í testamentum tilkommunsens í Stafangri L. 3 fg) oklögverndir firi leggjum, firi bjóðandi áhana at ganga - aflögliga hverjummanni DN. IV, 726; hann skal lúkaBirni - ávöxt af því, sem hann sáði,ok því, er hann sló eða slá lét á þájörð, er klaustranum varðaði, ok land-naam ábotanum at M. eptir því, semhann (á) framast at taka eftir lögumeftir áverka máti, halfu meira ef lög-vart er (= halfu meira en lögfest erLandsL. 7, 203. 7 fgg) Mk. 10510 (DN.XII, 6214).

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, lögverja may be more accurately written as lǫgverja.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚯᚵᚠᚽᚱᛁᛆ
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:

L.
Linje.
nl.
nemlig.
v.
Verbum.

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