Þang

Old Norse Dictionary - þang

Meaning of Old Norse word "þang" in English.

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

þang Old Norse word can mean:

þang: n. [North. E. tangle; Dan., Scot., and Shetl. tang], kelp or bladder-wrack, a kind of sea-weed; hann var fólginn í þangi, Gullþ. 72, and passim; kló-þang. bólu-þang, belgja-þang, þunna-þang, = fucus vesiculosus, Hjalt.; æti-þang, edible sea-weed: the word is very freq. in mod. usage.

þang: 2. poët., hlíðar-þang = trees, Ýt.; hlíð-þang, id., Alm.; þangs hús, láð, ‘tangle-house,’ = the sea. Lex. poët.

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

Abbreviations used:

Dan.: Danish.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

l.: line.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

North. E.: Northern English.

Scot.: Scottish.

þ.: þáttr.

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

m.: masculine.

poët.: poetically.

Works & Authors cited:

Gullþ.: Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)

Hjalt.: Hjaltalín, Icelandic Botany.

Alm.: Alvís-mál. (A. I.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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