Þröngving
Old Norse Dictionary - þröngving
Meaning of Old Norse word "þröngving" (or þrǫngving)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þröngving (þrǫngving)
- f. (þrönging, Magn. 478, H. E. i. 408), mod. þreynging, Fms. v. 307: þrenging, Bs. i. (Laur.):—straits, and metaph. distress, also oppression, compulsion, þröngving ok mæðu, Fms. v. 309.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, þröngving may be more accurately written as þrǫngving.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚱᚢᚾᚴᚢᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Magn.
- Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)