lawly
English
adj
Definitions
- Pertaining to or adhering to the law; lawful; legal.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English lawelyche inherited from Old English lahlīċ (legal, lawful) derived from Old Norse lǫgligr (lawful, legal) suffix from English law (low).
Origin
English
law
Gloss
low
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- BigLaw English
- Eurolaw English
- Westlaw English
- Zipf's law English
- astrolaw English
- brethren-in-law English
- cyberlaw English
- e-law English
- law English
- law enforcement English
- lawbook English
- lawbot English
- lawbreaker English
- lawbreaking English
- lawcode English
- lawful English
- lawgiver English
- lawgiving English
- lawing English
- lawless English
- lawlike English
- lawmaker English
- lawmaking English
- lawman English
- lawmonger English
- lawsome English
- lawspeaker English
- lawsuit English
- lawyer English
- metalaw English
- neurolaw English
- nonlaw English
- outlaw English
- powerlaw English
- prelaw English
- pseudolaw English
- scofflaw English
- sublaw English
- unlaw English
- lovlig Norwegian Bokmål
- lag Swedish
- laglig Swedish
- lahlīċ Old English
- lawe Middle English
- lawely Middle English
- lawelyche Middle English
- lǫgligr Old Norse
- lov Danish
- lovlig Danish
- ulovlig Danish
- löglegur Icelandic
- ólöglegur Icelandic
- lagh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- lo Tok Pisin
- law
- unlaw
- e-law
- BigLaw
- lawman
- lawbot
- sublaw
- outlaw
- lawful
- nonlaw
- lawyer
- prelaw
- lawing
- lawless
- lawbook
- lawcode
- lawlike
- lawsome
- metalaw
- lawsuit
- Westlaw
- Eurolaw
- lawmaker
- lawgiver
- neurolaw
- powerlaw
- cyberlaw
- astrolaw
- scofflaw
- lawgiving
- lawmaking
- lawmonger
- pseudolaw
- lawbreaker
- Zipf's law
- lawspeaker
- lawbreaking
- law enforcement
- brethren-in-law