For-lög

Meaning of Old Norse word "for-lög" (or for-lǫg)

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

for-lög (for-lǫg)

n. pl. fate, vide forlag II.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, for-lög may be more accurately written as for-lǫg.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱ-ᛚᚢᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements