Tengja

Old Norse Dictionary - tengja

Meaning of Old Norse word "tengja" in English.

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

tengja Old Norse word can mean:

tengja: ð, [cp. töng], to fasten, tie together; hann lét t. skip sín hvert fram af stafni annars, Fms. i. 157; viðum er þeir tengðu útan við vígin, Bs. i. 392: to tie ships together in battle, þat var þá siðvani er menn börðusk á skipum, at tengja skyldi skipin ok berjask um stafna, Hkr. i. 85; þar sem konungarnir höfðu barizt ok tengd vóru flest skipin saman, Fms. v.. 319; tengi saman skipin, ok búi menn sik til bardaga, ii. 306; heimti skip sín saman ok sé búnir við at tengja, Ó. H. 38: saman tengja, to knit together, 656 B. 7; sem tengjask saman á fitfuglum, Sks. 39 new Ed.: eigi varði oss, at ér munduð þetta mál þannig tengja til vár, connect us thus, mix us up with this case, Fms. xi. 54.

tengja: II. part. tengðr, bound in affinity, Fms. v. 345; ná-tengðr.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

part.: participle.

s. v.: sub voce.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

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