Lög-skil

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Lög-skil

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 lög-skil (lǫg-skil)

n. pl. ‘law-business,’ such as pleading, or any public duties in the courts or in the lögrétta; Mörðr gigja mælti lögskil at vanda sínum, Nj. 3; hverr sá maðr er þar þurfti lögskil af hendi at leysa at dómi, skyldi áðr eið vinna …, Landn. 258; allir þeir menn er lögskil nokkur skulu mæla at dómum á alþingi, hvárt er þeir skulu sakir sækja eðr verja, eðr bera vætti eðr kviðu, ok skulu þeir vinna eiða, áðr þeir mæli þeim málum, svá at dómendr heyri, Grág. i. 56.

2 lög-skil (lǫg-skil)

II. a lawful procedure; ef maðr skýtr niðr úmaga með engi lögskil (unlawfully), Grág. i. 297.

Orthography

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Runic Inscription

ᛚᚢᚴ-ᛋᚴᛁᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
l.
Linnæus.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.

Works & Authors

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)

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