Angi
Old Norse Dictionary - angi
Meaning of Old Norse word "angi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word angi can mean:angi
- angi
- a, m. [Norse angie].
- angi
- I. sweet odour; þvílíkan ilm ok anga sem cedrus, Stj. 73, etc.
- angi
- II. [cp. A. S. anga = aculeus, stimulus], a spine or prickle, in the phrase, þetta mál hefir anga, has a sting, is not good to touch, BS. ii. 52. Now often used in pl. and used of a sprout, fibre in fruits or plants; metaph. a spoilt boy is called angi, ‘a pickle:’ as to the root, cp. öngull, hamus, and the English angle: angilja, u, f. is, according to Björn, one of the bones of a fish.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚾᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Björn
- Biörn Halldórsson.
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)