Ör-lög

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

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

Old Norse word ör-lög can mean:ör-lög

ör-lög (ǫr-lǫg)

n. pl. [from ör-, = Germ. ur-, and lög; see örlygi], the primal law, fate, weird, doom, = Gr. μοιρα; þær lög lögðu … örlög seggja, Vsp. 20; ek sé Baldri örlög fólgin, 36; örlög sín viti engi fyrir, Hm. 55; þvíat þú öll um sér örlög fyrir, Skv. 1. 28; aldar örlög hygg ek at hón öll viti, LS. 21, 29; dæma örlög manna, FaS. iii. 32, Edda 8; Nornir ráða örlögum manna, 11; stýra örlögum, Al. 79, 141; urðu þau örlög Hákonar jarls, at Karkr jarl skar hann á háls, Nj. 156; Afríkar skulu nú fá örlög sín, Karl. 366; hann var manna vitrastr svá at hann sá fyrir örlög manna, Nj. 162; spyrja at örlögum sínum, FS. 19; þat er örlögin höfðu fyrir skipat, Al. 19; drýgja örlög, to ‘dree’ one’s weird, Vkv. 3; er þat líkast at liðin sé mín örlög, my worldly-worked life at an end, FS. 84; örlög-símu, örlög-þættir, the ‘weird-thrums,’ threads of the Norns spun at one’s birth, Skv. 2. 14, Hkv. 1. 3; örlaga bönd, Skald H. 3. 4. örlög-lauss, adj. ‘weirdless,’ one whose life is still a blank, Vsp. 17; örlaga-nornir, örlaga-dísir (in mod. poetry), the weird-sisters, the Parcae.

ör-lög (ǫr-lǫg)

II. exploits; segja frá örlögum sínum, LS. 25.

ör-lög (ǫr-lǫg)

2. war; cp. örlygi, and mod. Dan. orlog; lætr hann vaxa stór örlög við heiðnar Þjóðir, Ósv. S. 28, written at the end of the 15th century.

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

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