lög

See also: Appendix:Variations of "log"

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lœːɣ/

  Rhymes: -œːɣ

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lǫg, from Proto-Germanic *lagą; originally basically the same word as lag (“layer; song; …”), but in plural. Probably originally had the prefix *ga- in this sense.

Noun

lög n pl (plural only, genitive plural laga)

1. law or laws, statute

Declension

Declension of lög (pl-only neuter)

	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	lög	lögin
accusative	lög	lögin
dative	lögum	lögunum
genitive	laga	laganna

Derived terms

• gera að lögum
• með lögum skal land byggja

Etymology 2

Noun

lög

1. indefinite nom/acc plural of lag

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish lø̄gh, from Old Norse laug, from Proto-Germanic *laugō.

Noun

lög c

1. (archaic) bath

Derived terms

• lögardagen, lördag

Further reading

• lög in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• göl

Volapük

Noun

lög (nominative plural lögs)

1. leg

Declension

Declension of lög

	singular	plural
nominative	lög	lögs
genitive	löga	lögas
dative	löge	löges
accusative	lögi	lögis
vocative 1	o lög!	o lögs!
predicative 2	lögu	lögus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only