lǫgmaðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From lǫg (“law”) +‎ maðr (“man”). Compare Old Frisian āsega, which seems to refer to a similar office.

Noun

lǫgmaðr m

lawspeaker
Synonym: lǫgsǫgumaðr

Declension

Declension of lǫgmaðr (strong consonant stem, s-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lǫgmaðr	lǫgmaðrinn	lǫgmenn	lǫgmenninir
accusative	lǫgmann	lǫgmanninn	lǫgmenn	lǫgmennina
dative	lǫgmanni	lǫgmanninum	lǫgmǫnnum	lǫgmǫnnunum
genitive	lǫgmanns	lǫgmannsins	lǫgmanna	lǫgmannanna

Descendants

Faroese: løgmaður
Icelandic: lögmaður
Old Swedish: laghman
- Swedish: lagman
- → Finnish: laamanni

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