Yrða

lögsögumaðr

nafnorðkarlkynlögsögu-maðr
the ‘law-speaking man,’ the lagman or law-speaker of the Commonwealth, see the remarks lögmaðr; for the office, duties, see , the Lögsögumanns-þáttr or section of the l., the , 11, , ; for a list of the lögsögumenn from 930–1280 and lögmenn from 1280–1800, when the office and name were abolished, see ii. 1 The lögsögumaðr was during the first hundred years (930–1030) elected for life, afterwards for a shorter time (three years); his tenure of office formed the groundwork for the chronology of Ari the historian in his work the Icelander Book.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
  • s. v.sub voce.
  • etc.et cetera.
  • esp.especially.
  • ch.chapter.
  • A. D.Anno Domini.
  • sqq.following.
  • Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
  • Íb.Íslendinga-bók. (D. I.)
  • Kristni S.Kristni saga. (D. I. III.)
  • Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
  • SafnSafn til Sögu Islands.