Trausta-tak

Old Norse Dictionary - trausta-tak

Meaning of Old Norse word "trausta-tak"

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

trausta-tak
n. a taking in trust, only used in the phrase taka e-ð trausta taki, e. g. of going into the rooms of a friend when absent and there taking a book ‘in trust,’ knowing that he will have no objection.

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

Abbreviations used:

e. g.
exempli gratia.
n.
neuter.

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