Þröngð
Old Norse Dictionary - þröngð
Meaning of Old Norse word "þröngð" (or þrǫngð)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þröngð can mean:þröngð
- þröngð (þrǫngð)
- f. = þröng; eptir þat slitu þeir þröngðinni, Vápn. 17.
- þröngð (þrǫngð)
- 2. distress; þröngð ok ánauð, Barl. 195, v. l.; þola margar þrængðir (sic), 203.
- þröngð (þrǫngð)
- 3. short breath and cough; setti at honum hósta ok þröngð, Fms. i. 282; hafði karl þröngð mikla ok hrækði mjök í skeggit, ii. 59.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, þröngð may be more accurately written as þrǫngð.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚱᚢᚾᚴᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- n.
- neuter.
- l.
- line.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Vápn.
- Vápnfirðinga Saga. (D. II.)
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)