lǫgrétta

Old Norse

noun
Definitions
  • 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

Etymology

Compound from Old Norse lǫg (law, laws, things laid down fixed, the things that are laid down) + Old Norse rétta (adjust, straighten, raise, stretch)root from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (lie, lie down, lay, be situated, recline, resting place, put down).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*legʰ-

Gloss

lie, lie down, lay, be situated, recline, resting place, put down

Concept
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Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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