Leg-orð
Old Norse Dictionary - leg-orð
Meaning of Old Norse word "leg-orð"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- leg-orð
- n. fornication, seduction, Anecd. 3, Grág. i. 338, passim, legorðs-sök (-sekt), f. a case (fine) of seduction, Nj. 98, Grág. i. 104, n. G. L. i. 49.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᚴ-ᚢᚱᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Anecd.
- Anecdoton. (H. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)