- Inscription: at lögum skal land várt
byggja en eigi at ulögum øyða (with law
shall our land be built, and not
desolated by lawlessness)...
-
appears not only in
ancient poetry and
records of law, but also in
compounds (
byggja sifjar means "to marry").
Using this etymology,
scholar John
Lindow gives...
- Frostating. The most
famous quote from this law is "at lögum skal land várt
byggja en eigi at ulögum øyða" (with law
shall our land be built, and not desolated...
- ǁke (Unity in diversity), ǀXam.
Shire of Shetland: Með lögum skal land
byggja (By law
shall the land be
built up), Old Norse. A
canting motto is one that...
- "Society must be
built on the
basis of laws" (Icelandic: Með lögum skal land
byggja) in both
Icelandic and Latin. It is used by the
President of the United...
- hvar
skulum vér
byggja á Íslandi?"
Marmennill svarar: "Ekki þarf ek at spá yðr, en sveininum, er
liggr í selbelginum. Hann skal þar
byggja ok land nema,...
- law,
justice with mercy.
Icelandic Police: Icelandic: Með lögum skal land
byggja (With laws
shall lands be built)
Indonesian National Police: Sanskrit: Rastra...
- motto,
which appears on the Council's coat of arms, is "Með lögum skal land
byggja" ("By law
shall the land be built"). The
phrase is of Old
Norse origin,...
-
August 2021. Þóra
Birna Ingvarsdóttir (26
February 2022). "Markmiðið að
byggja bænahús" [The goal is to
build a
house of prayer]. Morgunblaðið. "International...
-
mostly in Old Norse, for
example the
Shetland motto, Með lögum skal land
byggja 'with law
shall land be built',
which is the same
motto used by the Icelandic...
