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Old Norse
Etymology 1 From lag n Proto-Germanic *lagą Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- ( “ to lie (in a resting position) ” ) .
Noun lǫg n pl
( uncountable , plural only) fate
verse 20 of Vǫluspá þær lǫg lǫgðu, þær líf kuru / alda bǫrnum ørlǫg segja Laws they made there, and life allotted / to the sons of men, and set their fates . ( uncountable , plural only) situation , the condition that one is given by default( plural only ) law , laws ( plural only ) participation or fellowship in law lǫg f genitive lagar
( countable ) law , the law
Declension
Declension of lǫg , (strong a -stem, plural only)
Declension of lǫg (strong ō -stem)
The feminine form is only used for lǫg in the sense of law(s) .
Derived terms Danalǫg n pl ( “ laws of the Danes or the lands thereunder; Danelaw ” ) lagabeizla f ( “ lawful demand ” ) lagaboð n ( “ statute ” ) lagabrot n ( “ breach of law ” ) lagabók f ( “ law-book ” ) lagaeiðr m ( “ lawful oath ” ) lagafrétt f ( “ legal inquiry ” ) lagagrein f ( “ article of law ” ) lagagæzla f ( “ maintenance of the law ” ) lagahald n ( “ keeping of the law ” ) lagahellur f pl ( “ the tables of the law ” ) lagakaup n ( “ legal bargain ” ) lagakvánfang n ( “ legal marriage ” ) lagalýritr m ( “ lawful protest ” ) lagalýritti n ( “ lawful protest ” ) lagalǫstr m ( “ evation of law ” ) lagamaðr m ( “ man of the law; lawyer ” ) lagapróf n ( “ legal proof ” ) lagarétting f ( “ law-mending ” ) lagaréttr m ( “ legal, personal right ” ) lagasetning f ( “ legislation ” ) lagaskilnaðr m ( “ legal divorce ” ) lagaskipan f ( “ legislation; ordering of the law ” ) lagaskipti n ( “ change of law ” ) lagavegr m ( “ lawful course ” ) lagaórskurðr m ( “ legal decision ” ) law-breaker m lǫgarfi m ( “ lawful heir ” ) lǫgbeiðing f ( “ legal demand ” ) Lǫgbergi n ( “ the law-rock ” ) Lǫgbergsganga f ( “ the procession to the law-rock ” ) Lǫgberg n ( “ the law-rock ” ) lǫgbinda ( “ to bind, stipulate by law ” ) lǫgbjóða ( “ to order, prescribe by law ” ) lǫgboð n ( “ lawful call, demand ” ) lǫgbrotsmaðr m ( “ law breaker ” ) lǫgbrot n ( “ breach of law ” ) lǫgbók f ( “ code of laws ” ) lǫgbú n ( “ lawful household ” ) lǫgdeila f ( “ litigation ” ) lǫgdómr m ( “ lawful court; legal sentence ” ) lǫgeggjan f ( “ lawful provocation ” ) lǫgeindagi m ( “ legal term ” ) lǫgeiðr m ( “ lawful oath ” ) lǫgeyrir m ( “ legal money, payment ” ) lǫgfardagr m ( “ a legal time for moving one's household ” ) lǫgfasta f ( “ law-fast ” ) lǫgfastnan f ( “ lawful betrothal ” ) lǫgfastr ( “ domiciled ” ) lǫgfróðr ( “ learned in law ” ) lǫgfrœði f ( “ law, jurisprudence ” ) lǫgfullr ( “ lawful, legal ” ) lǫgfundr ( “ a lawful/public meeting ” ) lǫgfá ( “ to receive legally ” ) lǫgfákr m ( “ ship (poetic) ” ) lǫggarðr m ( “ a lawful fence ” ) lǫggrið n pl ( “ lawful abode ” ) lǫgheimili n ( “ lawful domicile ” ) lǫgklókr ( “ skilled, versed in the law ” ) lǫgkrókar m pl ( “ law quibbles ” ) lǫgkvǫð f ( “ legal summons ” ) lǫgkœni f ( “ skill in the law ” ) lǫgkœnn ( “ skilled, versed in the law ” ) lǫgkœnska f ( “ skill in the law ” ) lǫglauss ( “ unlawful ” ) lǫgleiða ( “ to bring (a freed man) to the privileges of the law; to introduce as law ” ) lǫgleysa f ( “ lawlessness ” ) lǫgliga ( “ lawfully ” ) lǫgligr ( “ lawful, legal ” ) lǫglýsing f ( “ legal declaration ” ) lǫgmaðr m ( “ lawyer, lawspeaker ” ) lǫgmálsbók f ( “ book of the law ” ) lǫgmálsspjǫld n pl ( “ law tables ” ) lǫgmálsstaðr m ( “ legal point, ground of action ” ) lǫgmálsǫrk f ( “ the ark of the covenant ” ) lǫgmál n ( “ prescription, rule of law; mutual agreement ” ) lǫgmæltr ( “ prescribed by the law ” ) lǫgnautr m ( “ messmate ” ) lǫgneyti n ( “ messmateship ” ) lǫgrengd f ( “ legal challenge ” ) lǫgruðning f ( “ legal challenge ” ) lǫgráðandi m ( “ a legal guardian, warden ” ) lǫgræna ( “ to deprive of the law ” ) lǫgræningr m ( “ a man who has been cheated of his lawful right ” ) lǫgrétta f ( “ legislature; court of law ” ) lǫgréttumaðr m ( “ member of the lǫgrétta ” ) lǫgréttuskipan f ( “ order, constitution of the lǫgrétta ” ) lǫgrétt f ( “ public fold ” ) lǫgsaga f ( “ pronouncing the law ” ) lǫgsekr ( “ guilty by law ” ) lǫgsjándi m ( “ surveyor; lawful witness ” ) lǫgskil n pl ( “ pleadings or proceedings as prescribed in the law ” ) lǫgskipan f ( “ ordinance ” ) lǫgskyldr ( “ bound by law ” ) lǫgskyld f ( “ legal debt ” ) lǫgspakr ( “ learned in the law ” ) lǫgspeki f ( “ jurisprudence ” ) lǫgstefna f ( “ lawful summons ” ) lǫgsǫgn f ( “ the jurisdiction of, office of, or declaration made by a "lǫgmaðr" ” ) lǫgsǫgumaðr m ( “ law-speaker ” ) lǫgtaka ( “ to receive by law ” ) lǫgtíund f ( “ lawful tithe ” ) lǫgtíðir f pl ( “ canonical hours ” ) lǫgvilla f ( “ fraudulent procedure ” ) lǫgvillr ( “ mistaken in point of law ” ) lǫgvitr ( “ learned in the law ” ) lǫgvǫrn f ( “ lawful point of defence ” ) lǫgávǫxtr m ( “ legal interest ” ) lǫgþing n ( “ general assembly; public meeting ” ) ørlǫg n pl ( “ fate, doom, fortunes ” ) úlǫgliga ( “ illegally ” ) úlǫg n pl ( “ injustice, lawlessness ” ) Þrǿndalǫg n pl ( “ laws of the Thronds/Throwends or the lands thereunder; Trøndelag ” )
Descendants Old West Norse:
Icelandic: lög n pl
Faroese: løg-
Norwegian Nynorsk: log f ( dialectal ) løg f
Old East Norse:
Old Swedish: lagh f
Old Danish: lagh logh ᛚᚮᚼ n pl or f Danish: lov c Norwegian Bokmål: lov
→ Faroese: lóg f → Norwegian:lov f or m ( partially through Bokmål )
→ Old English: lagu f
Etymology 2 See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun lǫg
accusative singular of lǫgr
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