Vápnatak

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

vápnatak Old Icelandic word can mean:

vápnatak

n.

vápnatak

1) weapon-grasping, used to express consent by waving or brandishing the weapons (œptu upp allir með ~i, at þeir skyldi allir vera útlagir); gera ~ at e-u, to pass a resolution at a public assembly;

vápnatak

2) in the Icel. parliament, the breaking up of the session, when the men resumed their weapons (þat heitir ~, er alþýða riðr af alþingi);

vápnatak

3) = vápnaþing.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᛒᚾᛅᛏᛅᚴ

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• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary