lǫgrétta

From lǫg (“law”) +‎ rétta.

lǫgrétta f (genitive lǫgréttu)

1. an improvement upon the law
2. the legislature (in the Icelandic Commonwealth)
3. public court of law (in Norway, and in Iceland after the Union with Norway)

• lǫgréttumaðr m
• lǫgréttuskipan f

• lǫgrétt f
• lǫgréttr m

• Norwegian Bokmål: lagrett m, lagrette m
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lagrett m, lagrette f

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “lögrétta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 283; also available at the 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 lögrétta.