lǫgeyrir

Old Norse

Etymology

From lǫg (“law”) +‎ eyrir (“money”).

Noun

lǫgeyrir m (genitive lǫgeyris, plural lǫgaurar)

1. (uncountable, in the singular or in the plural) legal money; legal payment

Declension

Declension of lǫgeyrir (strong ija-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lǫgeyrir	lǫgeyririnn	lǫgaurar	lǫgaurarnir
accusative	lǫgeyri	lǫgeyrinn	lǫgaura	lǫgaurana
dative	lǫgeyri	lǫgeyrinum	lǫgaurum	lǫgaurunum
genitive	lǫgeyris	lǫgeyrisins	lǫgaura	lǫgauranna

Further reading

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

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