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lærðr. pp. learned (vel. l. þegar á unga aldri); lærðir menn, clerics.
læri-faðir, m. teacher, master.
læring, f. teaching, instruction.
læri-sonr, m., -sveinn, m. disciple.
lær-leggr, m. thigh-bone.
læsa (-ta, -tr), v. (1) to lock, with dat.; læsti hón loptinu innan, she locked the room from the inside; kirkjur vóru allar læstar, all the churches were locked; (2) to shut in, lock up (hón fylgdi henni í útibúr ok læsti þau þar); (3) to set in metal (í hjalti sverðsins vóru læstir lyfsteinar).
læti, (dat. látum), n. pl. (1) noise, cries (slík l. þóttist konungrinn eigi heyrt hafa); (2) manners, voice (lit hefir þú Gunnars ok l. hans).
lævirki (pl. -jar), m. lark (bird).
læ-vísi, f. craft;
-víss, a. crafty.
lœðingr, m. a fetter (one of those put upon the wolf Fenrir).
lœfð, f. hand's breadth.
lœkjar-fall, n. running brook;
-far, n. the bed of a brook;
-óss, m. month of a brook;
-rás, f. = -fall.
lœkr (-jar, -ir), m. brook, rivulet.
löð (gen. laðar), f. invitation (poet.).
löðr, n. froth, see 'lauðr'.
löðr-mannligr, a. mean, despicable;
-menni, n. mean, feeble person.
lög, n. pl. (1) law, laws (með lögum skal land byggija, en með ólögumeyða); leggja l. á e-t, to establish by law; leiða e-t í l., to bring into law, introduce a law; taka e-t í l., to accept as law (fyrr en kristni væri í l. tekin á Ìslandi); hafa e-t í lögum, to adopt by law (þat var í lögum haft á Ìslandi); setja l., to give law; dœma e-m l., to adjudge one's case according to law; leita laga við e-n, to go to law with; ræna e-n lögum, to deprive one of law, to treat one unfairly; segja or segja upp l., to recite the law, say what is the law; at (eptir, með) lögum, according to law; (2) participation or fellowship in law (þrælar eru ekki í lögum með öðrum mönnum); leiða e-n í l., to make one a full member of a community (eru þeir nú leiddir í l. með þeim Jómsvíkingum).
lög-arfi, m. lawful heir;
-ávöxtr, m. legal interest;
-beiðing, f. legal demand.i
Lög-berg, -bergi, n. the law-rock (the place at the Alþingi where the laws were recited).
Lögbergs-ganga, f. the procession (of the 'goðar') to the law-rock.
lög-binda (see binda) v. to bind, stipulate by law;
-bjóða (see bjóða), v. to order, prescribe by law;
-boð, n. lawful call, demand;
-bók, f. lawbook, code of laws;
-brot, n. breach of law;
-brotsmaðr, m. law breaker;
-bú, n. lawful household;
-deila, f. law quarrel, litigation;
-dómr, m. (1) lawful court; (2) legal sentence;
-eggjan, f. just (lawful) provocation;
-eiðr, m. lawful oath;
-eindagi, m. legal term;
-eyrir (pl. -aurar), m. (1) legal money, legal payment; (2) = eyrir, six ells of 'vaðmál'; eighth part of a mark;
-fardagr, m. a legal time for moving one's household;
-fasta, f. law-fast;
-fastnan, f. lawful betrothal;
-fastr, a. domiciled;
-fá, (see fá), v. to receive legally.
lög-fákr, m. 'sea-horse', ship (poet.).
lög-fróðr, a. learned in law;
-frœði, f. law, jurisprudence;
-fullr, a. lawful, legal;
-fundr, m. lawful meeting, public meeting.
lögg (gen. laggar), f. groove in the staves of a cask.
lög-garðr, m. lawful fence.
löggra (að), v. to wag the tail (rare).
lög-grið, n. pl. lawful abode;
-heimili, n. lawful domicile;
-klókr, a. = -kœnn;
-krókar, m. pl. law quibbles;
-kvöð, f. legal summons;
-kœni, f. skill in the law;
-kœnn, a. versed, skilled in the law;
-kœnska, f. = -kœni;
-lauss, a. unlawful;
-leiða (see leiða), v. (1) to bring (a freedman) to the privileges of the law, = leiða e-n í lög; (2) to introduce as law, = leiða e-t í lög;
-leysa, f. lawlessness, lawless state;
-liga, adv. lawfully;
-ligr, a. lawful, legal;
-lýsing, f. legal declaration (in pleading);
-maðr, m. (1) lawyer (Njáll var maðr svá mikill, at engi fannst hans jafningi); (2) later, = 'lögsögumaðr' (as

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