1 RÖNG
f., gen. rangar, pl. rengr, qs. vröng; [thus called from the curved form; from rangr, q. v.]:—a rib in a ship; nú ef brestr ór byrði eðr borði eðr brotnar röng, N. G. L. ii. 81 (Jb. 147); ristin röng, Fms. vi. (in a verse); bifask rengr í röstum, vii. 49, freq. in mod. usage: poët. ranga-jór, -hjörtr, the rib-steed, rib-stag, i. e. a ship.