Laga-maðr

Old Norse Dictionary - laga-maðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "laga-maðr"

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

laga-maðr
m. a lawyer, a man of law; hann var svá mikill lagamaðr at engir þóttu löglegir dómar, nema hann væri í, Nj. 1; sagði Njáll mér svá, at hann hefði svá kermt Þórhalli lög at hann mundi mestr lagamaðr vera á Íslandi, 237; Eyjólfr var hinn þriði mestr lagamaðr (v. l.) á Íslandi, 222, Ld. 332, passim.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
m.
masculine.
v.
vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
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