løgmaður
Faroese
noun
Definitions
- Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
- (historical) law speaker
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse logmaðr, lǫgmaðr (lawman).
Origin
Old Norse
logmaðr, lǫgmaðr
Gloss
lawman
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lahmann Old English
- logmaðr, lǫgmaðr Old Norse
- lögmaður Icelandic