Lakan

Old Norwegian Dictionary - lakan

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "lakan" in Norwegian.

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

lakan: lakan, n. Tæppe, vævet Tøi (lat. pannus) =lak (gsax. lakan, gfris. leken Richthofen 890 b, mnt. laken Mnd. Wb. II, 614 a19 fgg og Sartorius Gesch d. d. Hanse herausg. v. Lappenberg II, 28610. 12 fggght. lahhan Graff. II, 156, jvf = sagumPfeifers Germania XI, 1195 og =pallium Diefenbach Gloss. lat. german. 407, mht. lachen Mhd. Wb. I, 923 b 9 fgog Lexer I, 180911; jvf DWb. VI,809 fg) Bolt. 16725. Jvf. langalakan,línlakan, skarlakan, sparlakan. - Omuldent Tøi som Lapperne bruge til deres Klæder forekommer t. lacken i Joh.Scheffers Lapponia (den tydske Udgave 1675) L. 231 fg

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᛆᚴᛆᚿ
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:

f.: Feminin.

L.: Linje.

lat.: latinsk.

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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