Lög-mætr
Old Norse Dictionary - lög-mætr
Meaning of Old Norse word "lög-mætr" (or lǫg-mætr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word lög-mætr can mean:lög-mætr
- lög-mætr (lǫg-mætr)
- adj. legitimate, as prescribed in the law, öll lögmæt skil af hendi leysa, Grág. (Kb.) i. 46; ok veita honum í því lögmæta björg, 78; lögmæt sök, a lawful case, Fms. iii. 144.
- lög-mætr (lǫg-mætr)
- 2. in mod. usage = lawful; ó-lögmætr, unlawful, not valid.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, lög-mætr may be more accurately written as lǫg-mætr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᚴ-ᛘᛅᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Kb.
- Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)