Lög-boð
Old Norse Dictionary - lög-boð
Meaning of Old Norse word "lög-boð" (or lǫg-boð)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- lög-boð (lǫg-boð)
- n. a legal bid, at a sale, Grág. i. 198: a lawful call = lögbeiðing, Nj. 238:—a law, ordinance, mod. = laga-boð.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, lög-boð may be more accurately written as lǫg-boð.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᚴ-ᛒᚢᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)