Réttarlög

Old Norwegian Dictionary - réttarlög

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "réttarlög" (or réttarlǫg) in Norwegian.

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

réttarlög (réttarlǫg)
réttarlög, n. pl. Lov som indeholder Be- stemmelser om ens Vilkaar, Rettigheder; seg þeim fyrir fram öll réttarlög (&vlfram fyrir rétt lög) ok lýðskyldu, erþeim hœfir at veita konungi sínum(Vulg. prædic eis jus regis, qui regna-turus est super eos) Stj. 44033 (1 Sam.8, 9 jvf Hist. schol. 30113 fg).

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, réttarlög may be more accurately written as réttarlǫg.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚱᚽᛏᛏᛆᚱᛚᚯᚵ
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.
n.
Neutrum.
pl.
Pluralis.

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