Barm-tog

Old Norse Dictionary - barm-tog

Meaning of Old Norse word "barm-tog"

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

barm-tog
n. a rope for contracting the nets during fishing, Ivar Aasen barma,l. 427.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Gþl.
Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
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