Rangr

Old Norse Dictionary - rangr

Meaning of Old Norse word "rangr" in English.

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

rangr Old Norse word can mean:

rangr: röng, rangt, adj., compar. rangari, superl. rangastr; older form vrangr, which remains in Bragi: [mod. Swed. vrång; Dan. vrang; and in southern Norway also sounded vrang, Ivar Aasen; as also Goth. wraiqs: Engl. wrong. The Engl. wrong seems to be a Dan. word, as it does not appear in the A. S., although it has the parent word wringan, Engl. wring]:—awry, not straight, opp. to réttr; skór er skapaðr ílla eðr skapt er rangt, Hm. 127; ofra vröngnm ægi, he wuuld not paddle in the wrong water, i. e. pull backwards, Bragi; er hann fóttreðr flein sinn rangan. FaS. ii. 122 (in a verse); fótr var rangr, the foot was wrung, sprained, D. n. iv. 90: as also in the compds rang-eygr, rang-hverfa (q. v.), and rang-hvolfa:—this sense, however, although common in mod. Dan. and Swed., was never used in Icel., even by the oldest writers, and the word is only used

rangr: II. metaph. wrong, unjust, unrighteous; telja þat rangt er rétt er, en þat rétt er rangt er, Anal.; rangr dómr, Barl. 44, n. G. l. ii. 63; rangr eiðr, 174; röng fýst, Fb. ii. 391; ef menn hafa stikur rangar eðr kvarða ranga, Grág. i. 498; alnar rangar, id., rangar vættir, 499; röng kaup, Hom. 21; búar rangir í kvöð, Grág. ii. 40:—neut., með röngu, wrongly, Eg. 282; aðrir rétt en aðrir rangt, Grág. i. 80; stefna rangt, Nj. 35; hafa rangara mæla, Grág. i. 393.

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

Abbreviations used:

adj.: adjective.

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

compar.: comparative.

Dan.: Danish.

Engl.: English.

gl.: glossary.

Goth.: Gothic.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

i. e.: id est.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

opp.: opposed.

q. v.: quod vide.

S.: Saga.

superl.: superlative.

Swed.: Swedish.

v.: vide.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

L.: Linnæus.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

neut.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

D. N.: Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)

Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

Anal.: Analecta. (D. II.)

Barl.: Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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