þing-logi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

þing-logi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 þing-logi

a, m. a law term, a ‘meeting-belier,’ one who breaks his engagement to attend a meeting or court when summoned (cp. A. S. wærloga = a truce-breaker): also used metaph., hann varð ok eigi þinglogi, he was no engagement-breaker, Fms. xi. 22, Sturl. i. 142 (in a verse); ok er at nefndum degi kom þá varð jarl eigi þ., 48; varða hrönnum höfn þingloga, i. e. the haven belied them not, they got safe into harbour, Hkv. 1. 29 (Bugge).

Runic Inscription

þᛁᚾᚴ-ᛚᚢᚴᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
gl
glossary.
i. e.
id est.
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.
p.
page.
S.
South, Southern.
v.
vide, verb.
þ.
þáttr.

Works & Authors

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hkv.
Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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