lawting

• lawthing

From Norn, ultimately from Old Norse lǫg (“law”) + þing (“a legal assembly”).^[1] Doublet of Lagting.

lawting (plural lawtings)

1. (Orkney and Shetland, historical) The highest court, which was held every summer from medieval times until around the 17th century.
   • 2012, Olwyn Owen, editor, Things in the Viking World, Lerwick: Shetland Amenity Trust, →ISBN, page 14:

     Thorvald evidently felt he had to clear himself of the charges and so, at the next lawthing, he had 'all logðingismenn of Shetland' (as they called themselves) write a letter of witness laying out the facts of the case as they saw them and testifying to Ragnhild's intemperate words.

From Hokkien 樓頂 / 楼顶 (lâu-téng).

• Hyphenation: law‧ting
• IPA^(key): /ˈlawtiŋ/ [ˈl̪aʊ̯.t̪ɪŋ]

lawting

1. garret
2. upstairs