Lög-beiðing
Old Norse Dictionary - lög-beiðing
Meaning of Old Norse word "lög-beiðing" (or lǫg-beiðing)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- lög-beiðing (lǫg-beiðing)
- f. a legal demand, legal call, in pleading, Nj., Grág.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, lög-beiðing may be more accurately written as lǫg-beiðing.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᚴ-ᛒᛁᛁᚦᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)