Angr

Old Norse Dictionary - angr

Meaning of Old Norse word "angr" in English.

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

angr Old Norse word can mean:

angr: m. (now always n., Pass. 1. 4, and so Bs. i. 195); gen. rs, [cp. Engl. anger, Lat. angor.]

angr: I. grief, sorrow; þann angr, Bær. 12; upp á minn a. ok skaða, Stj. 215; minn harm ok a., Bær. 14; með margskonar angri, Fms.x.401; sorg eðr a., Háv. 51; ekki angr(s), Hkv. Hjörv. 10.

angr: II. in Norse local names freq. = bay, firth, e. g. Staf-angr, Harð-angr, etc. etc. (never in Icel.): all these local names are better derived from vangr (q. v., p. 678); kaupangr in Norway means a town, village, sinus mercatorius, [cp. the English ‘Chipping’ in Chipping Norton, Chipping Ongar, etc., and in London, ‘Cheapside,’] these places being situated at the bottom of the firths: fjörðr hardly ever occurs in local names in Norway, but always angr; cp. the pun on angr, moeror, and angr, sinus, Fas. ii. 91. The word is obsolete in the historical age and scarcely appears as a pure appellative, Edda (gl.), Fms. xii, Munch’s Map and Geogr. of Norway. [Root probably Lat. ang- in ango, angustus, angiportus.]

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

Engl.: English.

gen.: genitive.

gl.: glossary.

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

v.: vide.

e. g.: exempli gratia.

etc.: et cetera.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

q. v.: quod vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Pass.: Passiu-Sálmar.

Bær.: Bærings Saga. (G. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Háv.: Hávarðar Saga. (D. II.)

Hkv.: Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)

Hkv. Hjörv.: Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

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