Þröngsl
Old Norse Dictionary - þröngsl
Meaning of Old Norse word "þröngsl" (or þrǫngsl)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þröngsl can mean:þröngsl
- þröngsl (þrǫngsl)
- n. pl., mod. þrengsli; [Germ. drangsal; Dan. trængsel; cp. Ulf. þreihsl = στενοχωρία, and þraihns = a heap]:—narrows, straits; í þrengslum, fjalla-þrengsli.
- þröngsl (þrǫngsl)
- 2. metaph. straits, distress; munu þat virðask mikil þröngsl hverju landi, Sks. 323 B, Barl. 10, 32.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, þröngsl may be more accurately written as þrǫngsl.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚱᚢᚾᚴᛋᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)