Lög-dæmi

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

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

lög-dæmi (lǫg-dæmi)

n. a ‘law-doom,’ jurisdiction.

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

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