Lög-fræðingr

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

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

lög-fræðingr (lǫg-fræðingr)

m. a lawyer, a man skilled in law.

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

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