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Law

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means a system of rules a community recognizes as binding
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Stage 1 of 2
lagu
Old Norse · medieval
"something laid down, a rule"
literally something laid down, a rule fixed by authority
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Stage 2 of 2
law
English · 1000s
"a binding rule of conduct"
settled as the English word for a binding rule of conduct
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