Lög-mál

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Lög-mál

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 lög-mál (lǫg-mál)

n. prescription, rule of the law; skulum vér þat lögmál hafa um útgörðir várar er fyrr hefir verit, N. G. L. i. 104; með þessu lögmáli skulu börn hans til arfs koma, 152; greiða lögmál, to solve a law point, Grág. i. 7; hafði þat lögmál á verit, at …, it was the old law, that …, 309: = lögskil, mæla lögmálum sínum, Eg. 734.

2 lög-mál (lǫg-mál)

2. ordinance, statute, Th. 82, esp. in an eccl. sense; hlýðinn Guði ok hans lögmáli, Bs. i. 263; Guð hafði þat birt í inu forna lögmáli, Stj. 42, Skálda 209, 210 (of the old and new covenant), Barl. passim: in mod. usage esp. of the Mosaic law, Lögmálið, N. T., Vídal., Pass.

3 lög-mál (lǫg-mál)

COMPDS: lögmálsbók, lögmálsspjöld, lögmálsstaðr, logmálsörk.

Orthography

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Runic Inscription

ᛚᚢᚴ-ᛘᛅᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

eccl
ecclesiastical.
eccl.
ecclesiastical.
esp
especially.
esp.
especially.
l.
Linnæus.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.

Works & Authors

Barl.
Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
N. T.
New Testament.
Pass.
Passiu-Sálmar.
Skálda
Skálda. (H. I.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Th.
Theophilus. (F. III.)
Vídal.
Vídalíns-Postilla.

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