Þröngva

Meaning of Old Norse word "þröngva" (or þrǫngva)

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word þröngva can mean:þröngva

þröngva (þrǫngva)

þryngva, þreyngva; the later and mod. form is þrengja. In old poets this verb is strong, pret. þröng, þrungu, þrungit; thus pres. þröngr or þryngr, Ó. H. 107 (in a verse); pret. þröng, þrungu, Edda (in a verse), Fms. ix. (in a verse); subj. þryngvi, Orkn. (in a verse), Edda (in a verse); part. þrunginn, Hm., Skm. 31, Rm. 4, Skv. 34; in prose the participle þrunginn remains only as adjective, else the verb is now weak throughout, þröngva, ð: [Engl. throng; Germ. drängen; Dan. trænge; cp. Ulf, þreihan = θλίβειν, στενοχωρειν.]

þröngva (þrǫngva)

B. Prop. to make narrow, press, with dat. and acc., þröngva e-m, to press on one, and þ. e-n, to throng one; hann tók at þrøngva mik mjök, he took and pressed me hard, squeezed me, Fms. x. 331; eigi byrjar mér at þröngva fólkinu svá mikla þraut, 370; Jón hefir lengi þröngt kosti hans, Orkn. 216; ok marga vega þröngva hennar kosti, Fms. i. 225; en er Kilbungar sá at alla vega þröngði kosti þeirra (impers.), in all ways their means were straitened, ix. 408; þ. e-n undir, to keep under, subdue, i. 297; þröngðir af sköttum ok skyldum, Stj.; þröngvandi nauðsyn, pressing necessity (cp. Germ. dringende noth), Dipl. iii. 5; þá þröngði hann nauðsyn til meiri dirfðar, Sks. 465 B; þ. e-m til e-s, to force one to a thing, 664; úynði þrengir þeim í hina herfiligstu hluti, 655 xxvi. 1; þrœyngir honum ofrkapp til úspekðar, Sks. 663 B: impers., ok þröngvir öngan stað eðr minkar, and tightens or decreases in no way, Rb. 334; Laugardaginn eptir þröngði svá sóttarfari konungsins, Fms. x. 148; hann hafði þröngt undir sik (subdued) mestum hluta lands, Sturl. iii. 2; áðr hann þryngvi und sik jörðu, Edda (in a verse); sá er þryngvi und sik Eyjum vestan, Orkn. (in a verse); jöfrar þrungu saman hjaldri, Fms. ix. (in a verse); hann hefir þrungit und sik Noregi, Ó. H. (in a verse); þrøngr at viðris veðri (impers.), the war-storm draws nigh, id.; þröng at rym randa, Fms. i. (in a verse); þeir þrungu (pressed) hlýr-tungli í (hendr) mér, they thrust it into my hand, Edda (in a verse).

þröngva (þrǫngva)

2. to rush, press onward; mildingr þröng at hildi, Arnór.

þröngva (þrǫngva)

II. reflex., loptið þröngvisk ok þykknar, the air waxes close and thickens, Stj.

þröngva (þrǫngva)

2. to throng; þröngvisk ér um ungan gram, Sighvat; at eigi þröngðisk menn at hánum, 656 C. 2; þeir réðusk í móti ok þröngðusk at vaðinu, Lv. 82; ok nú þröngisk hvárr í móti öðrum, Al. 79; Þorkell bað þær skynda, ok þröngðisk at þeim ok mælti. Fs. 76; þeir skyldi fara varliga er þeir kæmi í búðina, þreyngvask eigi, Ó. H. 156.

þröngva (þrǫngva)

III. part. þrunginn, stuffed full, loaded, fraught with, close; hár þitt er hélu þrungit, Hkv. 2. 42; ekka þrungit (tár), id.; dynr var í garði dröslum of þrungit (thronged), Akv. 35; skeiðum var þrungit á vatn af hlunni, Fms. ii. (in a verse); eftir er ykkr þrungit þjóðkonunga, Hðm. 4; þistill er var þrunginn í önn ofanverða, be thou like a thistle stuffed into the roof, a curse, Skm. 31; hleifr þrunginn sáðum, a loaf full of bran, Rm. 4: metaph., þrunginn móði, swoln with anger, Vsp. 30; þrungin dægr, dismal days, Rm. 11; hví þegit ér svá þrungin goð, oppressed, sulky, sullen, Ls. 7.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, þröngva may be more accurately written as þrǫngva.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚱᚢᚾᚴᚢᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements