Vangi
Old Norse Dictionary - vangi
Meaning of Old Norse word "vangi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vangi
- a, m., akin to vangr; [Ulf. waggari = παρακεφάλαιον; A. S., Old and North-west. E. wang; Germ. wange; O. H. G. wanga]:—the cheek; vangi is the whole side of the head, kinn the cheek; bleikt var hár bjartir vangar, Rm. 31; hann setti hnefann útan við vangann, FmS. ii. 330; hann leggr til hans í vangann ok út um annan, Al. 37; setr pústr undir hans vanga, Karl. 65; útan á kinnar vanga, Skíða R. 136; af mínum vanga, Kormak; Auðunn var högginn á vangann ok kinnina, Sturl. ii. 179; vanga högg, FaS. i. 60, freq. in mod. usage: ölr vanga, poët. = the hair (or beards?), Skálda (in a verse); vanga búnaðr, Stj. 396; vanga gull, 106, 136. vanga-filla, u, f. the cheek-flesh, Fb. i. 530, FaS. ii. 256, iii. 392.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᚾᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- poët.
- poetically.
- R.
- Rimur.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Rm.
- Rígsmál. (A. II.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)