Ein-angr
Old Norse Dictionary - ein-angr
Meaning of Old Norse word "ein-angr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ein-angr
- m., Lat. angustiae, a narrow passage: metaph. a great strait; the proverb, margr verðr vaskr í einangrinum, þótt lítt sé vaskir þess á milli, many a man is bold in perils, though …, Eb. 60; útilleitinn (unprovoking) en öruggr i einangri, but bold if put in a strait, Grett. 120.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛁᚾ-ᛅᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)