Lög
Old Icelandic Dictionary - lögMeaning of Old Icelandic word "lög" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
lög Old Icelandic word can mean:
- lög
- n. pl.
- lög
- 1) law, laws (með ~um skal land byggja, en með ólögum eyða);
- lög
- leggja ~ á e-t, to establish by law;
- lög
- leiða e-t í ~, to bring into law, introduce a law;
- lög
- taka e-t í ~, to accept as law (fyrr en kristni væri í ~ tekin á Íslandi);
- lög
- hafa e-t í ~um, to adopt by law (þat var í ~um haft á Íslandi);
- lög
- setja ~, to give law;
- lög
- dœma e-m ~, to adjudge one’s case according to law;
- lög
- leita laga við e-n, to go to law with;
- lög
- ræna e-n ~um, to deprive one of law, to treat one unfairly;
- lög
- segja or segja upp ~, to recite the law, say what is the law;
- lög
- at (eptir, með) ~um, according to law;
- lög
- 2) participation or fellowship in law (þrælar eru ekki í ~um með öðrum mönnum);
- lög
- leiða e-n í ~, to make one a full member of a community (eru þeir nú leiddir í ~ með þeim Jómsvíkingum).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᚴ
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- e-t
- eitthvat.
- e-m
- einhverjum.