Lága-söngr
Old Norse Dictionary - lága-söngr
Meaning of Old Norse word "lága-söngr" (or lága-sǫngr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- lága-söngr (lága-sǫngr)
- m. the ‘low-chant’ in the Roman Catholic mass when the host was elevated, Bs., Hom., H. E. passim; lágasöngva bók, kver, skrá, the book (scroll) containing the low-chants, Vm., Ám., Pm.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, lága-söngr may be more accurately written as lága-sǫngr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚴᛅ-ᛋᚢᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ám.
- Auðunnar-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Pm.
- Pétrs-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)