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"etymology_text": "Literally, \"with laws shall land be built\", \"with laws, land shall be built\" or \"land shall be built by laws\".\nThe phrase is the opening words of the preamble to Jyske Lov (Law of Jutland) issued 1241 by King Valdemar II in Vordingborg.\nCompare Old Danish mæth logh skal land byggiæs, Danish med lov skal land bygges, Faroese við lóg skal land byggjast, Norwegian med Lov skal Landet byggjast, Swedish land skall med lag byggas, med lag skall land byggas.",
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"\"a country shall be built by laws\", \"the land will be built by laws\", \"with laws shall we build the land\", the motto of Shetland Islands Council, Víkingasveitin and the Icelandic Police"
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"word": "In Njáls saga the proverb með lögum skal land byggja en með ólögum eyða appears. In the Frostathing Law the passage at lögum skal land várt byggja en eigi at ulögum øyða () appears."
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