Vengi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Vengi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 vengi

n. = vangr, [like Dan. vænge and vang], the ground; ok vatt (á) vengi, and threw it on the ground, Gkv. 1. 13.

2 vengi

2. the sea; vengis blakkr, hjörtr, the steed, the hart of the sea = a ship. Lex. Poët.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᛁᚾᚴᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Dan
Danish.
Dan.
Danish.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Gkv.
Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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