Viðrlög

Old Norwegian Dictionary - viðrlög

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "viðrlög" (or viðrlǫg) in Norwegian.

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

viðrlög (viðrlǫg): viðrlög, n. pl. 1) Straf (jvf leggja viðr);er rétt at hann lýsi til fjárins á þingi,ok eru in sömu viðrlög Grg. I, 202. II,21813. 2389. 2) hvad der under Straf er forbudt. Gul. 7.

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, viðrlög may be more accurately written as viðrlǫg.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚦᚱᛚᚯᚵ
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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