Rangr
Old Norse Dictionary - rangr
Meaning of Old Norse word "rangr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word rangr can mean:rangr
- rangr
- röng, rangt, adj., compar. rangari, superl. rangastr; older form vrangr, which remains in Bragi: [mod. Swed. vrång; Dan. vrang; and in southern Norway also sounded vrang, Ivar Aasen; as also Goth. wraiqs: Engl. wrong. The Engl. wrong seems to be a Dan. word, as it does not appear in the A. S., although it has the parent word wringan, Engl. wring]:—awry, not straight, opp. to réttr; skór er skapaðr ílla eðr skapt er rangt, Hm. 127; ofra vröngnm ægi, he wuuld not paddle in the wrong water, i. e. pull backwards, Bragi; er hann fóttreðr flein sinn rangan. FaS. ii. 122 (in a verse); fótr var rangr, the foot was wrung, sprained, D. n. iv. 90: as also in the compds rang-eygr, rang-hverfa (q. v.), and rang-hvolfa:—this sense, however, although common in mod. Dan. and Swed., was never used in Icel., even by the oldest writers, and the word is only used
- rangr
- II. metaph. wrong, unjust, unrighteous; telja þat rangt er rétt er, en þat rétt er rangt er, Anal.; rangr dómr, Barl. 44, n. G. l. ii. 63; rangr eiðr, 174; röng fýst, Fb. ii. 391; ef menn hafa stikur rangar eðr kvarða ranga, Grág. i. 498; alnar rangar, id., rangar vættir, 499; röng kaup, Hom. 21; búar rangir í kvöð, Grág. ii. 40:—neut., með röngu, wrongly, Eg. 282; aðrir rétt en aðrir rangt, Grág. i. 80; stefna rangt, Nj. 35; hafa rangara mæla, Grág. i. 393.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛅᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- compar.
- comparative.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- opp.
- opposed.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- superl.
- superlative.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- L.
- Linnæus.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- neut.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Anal.
- Analecta. (D. II.)
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)