Gagntak

Old Norwegian Dictionary - gagntak

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "gagntak" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

gagntak: gagntak, n. Rem som paa den anden Side tager mod Sadelgjorden for at denne kan fæstes i samme. Fm. VII, 17025(Fris. 30711 fg); Plur. gagntök dvs. begge de Remmer som forbindes med hinandenunder Hestens Bug for at fastholde Sa-delen i den Stilling, hvori den er lagtpaa Hesten: hvárki mátti þeim haldasöðull né stigreip, eigi brjóstgjörð négagntök, allt brast í sundr Klm. 45810;ístig ok allar gjarðir ok gagntök vóruaf silki, en ístigin sjölf vóru af rauða-gulli ok sylgjurnar Flor. i AnO. 1850s. 783 ; Þ. skerr þá gagntökin okhrindr ofan reiðinginum af hestinumok klyfjunum með Sturl. II, 9719.

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᛆᚵᚿᛏᛆᚴ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.

S.: Side.

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