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

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