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 Internet Archive
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