lǫgrétta

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Old Norse

Etymology

From lǫg (“law”) +‎ rétta.

Noun

lǫgrétta f (genitive lǫgréttu)

an improvement upon the law
the legislature (in the Icelandic Commonwealth)
public court of law (in Norway, and in Iceland after the Union with Norway)

Declension

Declension of lǫgrétta (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lǫgrétta	lǫgréttan	lǫgréttur	lǫgrétturnar
accusative	lǫgréttu	lǫgréttuna	lǫgréttur	lǫgrétturnar
dative	lǫgréttu	lǫgréttunni	lǫgréttum	lǫgréttunum
genitive	lǫgréttu	lǫgréttunnar	lǫgréttna	lǫgréttnanna

Derived terms

lǫgréttumaðr m
lǫgréttuskipan f

Related terms

lǫgrétt f
lǫgréttr m

Descendants

Norwegian Bokmål: lagrett m, lagrette m
Norwegian Nynorsk: lagrett m, lagrette f

References

lögrétta in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on lögrétta.

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