Lögvilla

Old Norwegian Dictionary - lögvilla

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "lögvilla" (or lǫgvilla) in Norwegian.

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

lögvilla (lǫgvilla): lögvilla, f. hvad der gjøres til Hinder forRettens, en Retssags lovlige Fremme (jvf lögkrókr, lögprettr); þat er lög-villa, ef maðr (naar han er spurgt omsin þingvist eller heimilisfang) svararöðru en er, eða þegir hann við Grg.I, 426; jvf Nj. 143 (23521. 2379).

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚯᚵᚠᛁᛚᛚᛆ
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.

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