GENGI

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

GENGI

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 GENGI

n. [ganga], good luck, success; in the saying, án er ílls gengis (íllt gengi) nema heiman hafi, ill luck is homebred, is one’s own making, Nj. 27, Dropl. 23, Ísl. ii. 144, Gísl. 63; or, áni er ílls gengis, áni used substantively (vide ‘an,’ p. 43); ok várt g. vaxa, and promote our success, Þórð. 64:—help, support, várt g. eðr liðsinni, Fb. ii. 126, 131; afla sér gengis, to gather troops, Fms. x. 394; g. Þrænzkra drengja, g. goða, g. Norðmanna, Hallfred, Hkm. 3, 10; vígs-gengi, helping sword in hand, Ld. 224; heita e-m gengi sínu, Fms. viii. 151: victory = gagn, Lex. Poët.: the saying, vex (göfgask) hverr af gengi, good luck makes a man’s fame, Edda Ht. 26, Mkv. 12: Icel. also say, vera í góðu (miklu) gengi, to enjoy fame, popularity; vera í litlu g., to be of small reputation.

Runic Inscription

ᚴᛁᚾᚴᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
lit
literally.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.
pl.
plural.
subst
substantive, substantival, substantivally.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Dropl.
Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Gísl.
Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Hkm.
Hákonar-mál. (A. III.)
Ht.
Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Mkv.
Málshátta-kvæði. (A. III.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Þórð.
Þórðar Saga hreðu. (D. V.)

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