Gátt

Old Norse Dictionary - gátt

Meaning of Old Norse word "gátt" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

gátt Old Norse word can mean:

gátt: f. [gaatt, Ivar Aasen], the rabbet of a door-sill, against which the door shuts; hann gengr þá útar frá konungi til gáttar, to the door-sill, Jómsv. 12; hence such phrases as, hurð hnigin á gátt, a door shut but not locked, Gísl. 29, Fas. ii. 345; sá gægðisk út hjá gáttinni, Bárð. 171; cp. gætti; hurð á hálfa gátt, a door half open, = á klofa in old writers; innan-gátta, in-doors, Eb. 302; utan-gátta, out-of-doors, Stj. 436. gáttar-tré, n. a door-post, Gþl. 345.

gátt: II. in pl. the door-way, the place nearest to the door, Hm. 1; hón lauk upp hurðinni ok stóð í gáttum stund þá, Fb. i. 547.—Gátt is now in Icel. esp. used of the space (esp. in stalls) between the door-post and the wall, hence troða upp í gáttina, to fill up the ‘gatt.’

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᛏᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

f.: feminine.

l.: line.

n.: neuter.

v.: vide.

esp.: especially.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

m.: masculine.

pl.: plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Bárð.: Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)

Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)

Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)

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