Munkalög

Old Norwegian Dictionary - munkalög

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "munkalög" (or munkalǫg) in Norwegian.

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

munkalög (munkalǫg)
munkalög, n. pl. Lov, Regler som gjælderfor Munke, som de ere undergivne (jvfreglulög). Heilag. I, 8819.

Part of speech: n pl

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᚢᚿᚴᛆᛚᚯᚵ
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.
pl.
Pluralis.

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