Lunga
Old Norse Dictionary - lunga
Meaning of Old Norse word "lunga"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word lunga can mean:lunga
- lunga
- n., pl. lungu, gen. lungna; it occurs only in plur., the sing. may now be used of one lung; [common to all Teut. languages]:—the lungs, Orkn. 18, Stj. 612, FbR. 137, Fms. iii. 285, Sturl. ii. 150; lungun féllu út í sárit, Glúm. 381, Skíða R. 144.
- lunga
- COMPDS: lungnablaðkr, lungnabólga, lungnasótt.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᚾᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- plur.
- plural.
- R.
- Rimur.
- sing.
- singular.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)