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.)