Vengi
Old Norse Dictionary - vengi
Meaning of Old Norse word "vengi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word vengi can mean:vengi
- vengi
- n. = vangr, [like Dan. vænge and vang], the ground; ok vatt (á) vengi, and threw it on the ground, Gkv. 1. 13.
- vengi
- 2. the sea; vengis blakkr, hjörtr, the steed, the hart of the sea = a ship. Lex. Poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚾᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gkv.
- Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.