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lagman en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish lagman. Doublet of lawman.

Meanings

1. (historical) In medieval Scandinavia and parts of the Danelaw: a district official, magistrate or judge; a lawspeaker.
   • There was a ſucceſſion of thirty-eight lagmans, which continued till 1262, when the republic [the Icelandic Commonwealth] was deſtroyed by the Danes. 1788, Allan Maconochie, “Essay on the Origin and Structure of the European Legislatures”, in Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, volume I, Edinburgh: Royal Society of Edinburgh, Part I, page 23:
2. (Orkney, Shetland, historical) The presiding justice of the supreme court; a lawman.

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lawting

lagman en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually) Alternative form of laghman.
   alt of laghman

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