lawting

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

"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 Norn, ultimately from Old Norse lǫg (“law”) + þing (“a legal assembly”). Doublet of Lagting.

lawtings (plural) lawthing (alternative)

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