Lög-leiða
Old Norse Dictionary - lög-leiða
Meaning of Old Norse word "lög-leiða" (or lǫg-leiða)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word lög-leiða can mean:lög-leiða
- lög-leiða (lǫg-leiða)
- d, = leiða í lög, to bring (a freedman) to the privileges of law, (cp. to naturalise), Grág. i. 290.
- lög-leiða (lǫg-leiða)
- II. to introduce as law, (leiða e-t í lög), Bs. i. 720, freq. in mod. usage.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, lög-leiða may be more accurately written as lǫg-leiða.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᚴ-ᛚᛁᛁᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)