Vaktan

Old Norse Dictionary - vaktan

Meaning of Old Norse word "vaktan" in English.

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

vaktan
f. a care, charge, H. E. i. 513, Rétt. 56.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

Works & Authors cited:

H. E.
Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
Rétt.
Réttarbætr. (B. II.)
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