lagemannus

Latin

Alternative forms

lagemanus
lagamannus

Etymology

From Old English lahmann (“lawman”), from Old Norse lǫgmaðr (“lawman”).

Noun

lagemannus m (genitive lagemannī); second declension

(Medieval Latin, historical) A lawman: a declarer of the law or (especially) one of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England with soc and sac over their households.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lagemannus	lagemannī
Genitive	lagemannī	lagemannōrum
Dative	lagemannō	lagemannīs
Accusative	lagemannum	lagemannōs
Ablative	lagemannō	lagemannīs
Vocative	lagemanne	lagemannī

Descendants

English: lageman

References

lagemannus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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