Lög-frétt

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

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

lög-frétt (lǫg-frétt)

f. a lawful query, in pleading, Grág. i. 36.

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

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