lǫg

See also: Appendix:Variations of "log"

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From lag n, from Proto-Germanic *lagą. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie (in a resting position)”).

Noun

lǫg n pl

1. (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.

2. (uncountable, plural only) situation, the condition that one is given by default
3. (plural only) law, laws
4. (plural only) participation or fellowship in law

lǫg f (genitive lagar)

1. (countable) a law, the law

Declension

Declension of lǫg (strong a-stem, plural only)

neuter	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	lǫg	lǫgin
accusative	lǫg	lǫgin
dative	lǫgum	lǫgunum
genitive	laga	laganna

Declension of lǫg (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lǫg	lǫgin	lagar	lagarnar
accusative	lǫg	lǫgina	lagar	lagarnar
dative	lǫg	lǫginni	lǫgum	lǫgunum
genitive	lagar	lagarinnar	laga	laganna

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”)
• Lǫgberg n (“the law-rock”)
• Lǫgbergi n (“the law-rock”)
• Lǫgbergsganga f (“the procession to the law-rock”)
• lǫgbinda (“to bind, stipulate by law”)
• lǫgbjóða (“to order, prescribe by law”)
• lǫgboð n (“lawful call, demand”)
• lǫgbrot n (“breach of law”)
• lǫgbrotsmaðr m (“law breaker”)
• 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”)
• lǫgmál n (“prescription, rule of law; mutual agreement”)
• 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”)
• 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”)
• lǫgrétt f (“public fold”)
• lǫgrétta f (“legislature; court of law”)
• lǫgréttumaðr m (“member of the lǫgrétta”)
• lǫgréttuskipan f (“order, constitution of the lǫgrétta”)
• 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”)
• lǫgskyld f (“legal debt”)
• lǫgskyldr (“bound by law”)
• 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”)
• úlǫg n pl (“injustice, lawlessness”)
• úlǫgliga (“illegally”)
• Þrǿndalǫg n pl (“laws of the Thronds/Throwends or the lands thereunder; Trøndelag”)

Related terms

• lag
• lág
• leggja
• liggja

Descendants

• Old West Norse:
  • Icelandic: lög n pl
  • Faroese: løg-
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: log f; (dialectal) løg f
• Old East Norse:
  • Old Swedish: lagh f
    • Swedish: lag c
    • → Finnish: laki
  • 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
  • Middle English: lawe, laȝe, laugh, laue
    • English: law
    • Scots: law

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

lǫg

1. accusative singular of lǫgr

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “lög”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 282; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

1. page/282 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 lög.