Röng
Old Norse Dictionary - röng
Meaning of Old Norse word "röng" (or rǫng)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- röng (rǫng)
- f., gen. rangar, pl. rengr, qs. vröng; [thus called from the curved form; from rangr, q. v.]:—a rib in a ship; nú ef brestr ór byrði eðr borði eðr brotnar röng, n. G. l. ii. 81 (Jb. 147); ristin röng, Fms. vi. (in a verse); bifask rengr í röstum, vii. 49, freq. in mod. usage: poët. ranga-jór, -hjörtr, the rib-steed, rib-stag, i. e. a ship.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, röng may be more accurately written as rǫng.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᚢᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gen.
- genitive.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- poët.
- poetically.
- qs.
- quasi.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)