Lög-samðr
Old Norse Dictionary - lög-samðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "lög-samðr" (or lǫg-samðr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- lög-samðr (lǫg-samðr)
- part.; lögsamðr dómr, a sentence lawfully pronounced, lawful sentence, N. G. l. i. 19, Gþl. 27.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, lög-samðr may be more accurately written as lǫg-samðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᚴ-ᛋᛅᛘᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- part.
- participle.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)