Lög-ráðandi
Old Norse Dictionary - lög-ráðandi
Meaning of Old Norse word "lög-ráðandi" (or lǫg-ráðandi)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- lög-ráðandi (lǫg-ráðandi)
- part. a legal guardian, warden, Grág. i. 162 [cp. Germ. vormund, as also vollmündig], K. Þ. K. 158; at hann mundi réttr lögráðandi fyrir dóttur sinni, Lv. 32; hann lét móður sína lögráðandi, Ld. 62.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, lög-ráðandi may be more accurately written as lǫg-ráðandi.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᚴ-ᚱᛅᚦᛅᚾᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- part.
- participle.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)