Þyngja
Old Norse Dictionary - þyngja
Meaning of Old Norse word "þyngja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þyngja can mean:þyngja
- þyngja
- ð and d, [þungr, Dan. tynge], to weigh down, burden, make heavy, Hom. 53; mun mér eigi þ. þetta erviði, it will not encumber me, Eluc. 3; augu þeirra þyngðusk (pass.) af tárum, 623. 60.
- þyngja
- 2. impers. he grows heavy, with dat. of manner; en sóttinni þyngði (the illness grew worse) eigi því síðr, ok andaðisk hann, Fms. x. 73; þá þyngdi honum mjök (it grew very heavy with him, i. e. he grew heavy from sleep), ok lagðisk hann niðr ok svaf, v. 222; þyngja tekr máli ok minni, Skáld H. 5. 16.
- þyngja
- II. reflex., tekr nú bardaginn at þyngjask, to grow heavy, adverse. Fas. i. 105; honum tók þá at þyngjask (he sank) sem á leið daginn, Fms. viii. 445.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᚾᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pass.
- passive.
- þ.
- þáttr.
- dat.
- dative.
- i. e.
- id est.
- impers.
- impersonal.
- pers.
- person.
- v.
- vide.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eluc.
- Elucidarium. (F. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Skáld H.
- Skáld Helga-rímur. (A. III.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)