lag

Swedish

noun
Definitions
  • a law; a written or understood rule that concerns behaviours and the appropriate consequences thereof. Laws are usually associated with mores.
  • law; the body of written rules governing a society.
  • a law; a one-sided contract.
  • a law; an observed physical law.
  • (mathematics) a law; a statement that is true under specified conditions.

Etymology

Derived from Old Swedish lagh derived from Old Norse lǫg (law, laws, things laid down fixed, the things that are laid down).

Origin

Old Norse

lǫg

Gloss

law, laws, things laid down fixed, the things that are laid down

Concept
Semantic Field

Law

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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