gátt
nafnorðkvenkyn
[gaatt, ], 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, 29, ii. 345; sá gægðisk út hjá gáttinni, 171; gætti; hurð á hálfa gátt, a door half open, = á klofa in old writers; innan-gátta, in-doors, 302; utan-gátta, out-of-doors, 436. gáttar-tré, a door-post, 345.
II. in the door-way, the place nearest to the door, 1; hón lauk upp hurðinni ok stóð í gáttum stund þá, i. 547.—Gátt is now in used of the space ( in stalls) between the door-post and the wall, hence troða upp í gáttina, to fill up the ‘gatt.’
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- cp.compare.
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
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- esp.especially.
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