Tengja
Old Norse Dictionary - tengja
Meaning of Old Norse word "tengja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word tengja can mean:tengja
- tengja
- ð, [cp. töng], to fasten, tie together; hann lét t. skip sín hvert fram af stafni annars, Fms. i. 157; viðum er þeir tengðu útan við vígin, Bs. i. 392: to tie ships together in battle, þat var þá siðvani er menn börðusk á skipum, at tengja skyldi skipin ok berjask um stafna, Hkr. i. 85; þar sem konungarnir höfðu barizt ok tengd vóru flest skipin saman, Fms. v.. 319; tengi saman skipin, ok búi menn sik til bardaga, ii. 306; heimti skip sín saman ok sé búnir við at tengja, Ó. H. 38: saman tengja, to knit together, 656 B. 7; sem tengjask saman á fitfuglum, Sks. 39 new Ed.: eigi varði oss, at ér munduð þetta mál þannig tengja til vár, connect us thus, mix us up with this case, Fms. xi. 54.
- tengja
- II. part. tengðr, bound in affinity, Fms. v. 345; ná-tengðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᚾᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- part.
- participle.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)