Lög-baugr

Old Norse Dictionary - lög-baugr

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

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

lög-baugr (lǫg-baugr)
m. a ‘law-ring,’ cp. baugr (II), the payment of weregild, Grág. ii. 171.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
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