lawe
Middle English
/ˈlaɣə/, /ˈlau̯(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- A law, regulation, or a group of them:
- Morality, natural law either instinctual or taught:
- A law or the totality of laws active in a community; the law.
- One's behaviour, acts, practices, or mode of living:
- The administrative or governmental system present in a community.
- A scientific or natural law; a statement of truth.
- A dispensation one of the periods of Christian history
- Information or wisdom from a trustworthy or reliable source.
- A snide or pithy axiom or statement of a general truth.
- (rare) Something which effects or changes; a force.
- (rare) Might or potency; the ability to effect one's will.
- (rare) The state or situation one is in.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English lagu (sea, law, flood, ocean, water, lake) derived from Old Norse *lagu.
Origin
Old Norse
*lagu
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- BigLaw English
- Eurolaw English
- Westlaw English
- Zipf's law English
- astrolaw English
- brethren-in-law English
- brother-in-law English
- cyberlaw English
- e-law English
- law English
- law enforcement English
- lawbook English
- lawbot English
- lawbreaker English
- lawbreaking English
- lawcode English
- lawful English
- lawgiver English
- lawgiving English
- lawing English
- lawless English
- lawlike English
- lawly English
- lawmaker English
- lawmaking English
- lawman English
- lawmonger English
- lawsome English
- lawspeaker English
- lawsuit English
- lawyer English
- metalaw English
- neurolaw English
- nonlaw English
- outlaw English
- powerlaw English
- prelaw English
- pseudolaw English
- scofflaw English
- sister-in-law English
- sublaw English
- unlaw English
- *laguz Proto-Germanic
- lagu Old English
- lagucræftig Old English
- lagustræt Old English
- lahlīċ Old English
- lahlīċe Old English
- brother Middle English
- brother-in-lawe Middle English
- day Middle English
- in Middle English
- laufulnes Middle English
- lawday Middle English
- laweful Middle English
- laweles Middle English
- laweliche Middle English
- lawely Middle English
- lawfully Middle English
- lawier Middle English
- suster Middle English
- suster-in-lawe Middle English
- *lagu Old Norse
- lǫg Old Norse
- lagh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- lo Tok Pisin