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lawting en · NOUN

Etymology

From Norn, ultimately from Old Norse lǫg (“law”) + þing (“a legal assembly”). Doublet of Lagting.

Meanings

1. (Orkney, Shetland, historical) The highest court, which was held every summer from medieval times until around the 17th century.
   • Thorvald evidently felt he had to clear himself of the charges and so, at the next lawthing, he had 'all logðingismenn of Shetland' (as they called themselves) write a letter of witness laying out the facts of the case as they saw them and testifying to Ragnhild's intemperate words. 2012, Olwyn Owen, editor, Things in the Viking World, Lerwick: Shetland Amenity Trust, →ISBN, page 14:

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