Þröngva

Old Norse Dictionary - þröngva

Meaning of Old Norse word "þröngva" (or þrǫngva) in English.

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

þröngva Old Norse word can mean:

þröngva (þrǫngva): þryngva, þreyngva; the later and mod. form is þrengja. In old poets this verb is strong, pret. þröng, þrungu, þrungit; thus pres. þröngr or þryngr, Ó. H. 107 (in a verse); pret. þröng, þrungu, Edda (in a verse), Fms. ix. (in a verse); subj. þryngvi, Orkn. (in a verse), Edda (in a verse); part. þrunginn, Hm., Skm. 31, Rm. 4, Skv. 34; in prose the participle þrunginn remains only as adjective, else the verb is now weak throughout, þröngva, ð: [Engl. throng; Germ. drängen; Dan. trænge; cp. Ulf, þreihan = θλίβειν, στενοχωρειν.]

þröngva (þrǫngva): B. Prop. to make narrow, press, with dat. and acc., þröngva e-m, to press on one, and þ. e-n, to throng one; hann tók at þrøngva mik mjök, he took and pressed me hard, squeezed me, Fms. x. 331; eigi byrjar mér at þröngva fólkinu svá mikla þraut, 370; Jón hefir lengi þröngt kosti hans, Orkn. 216; ok marga vega þröngva hennar kosti, Fms. i. 225; en er Kilbungar sá at alla vega þröngði kosti þeirra (impers.), in all ways their means were straitened, ix. 408; þ. e-n undir, to keep under, subdue, i. 297; þröngðir af sköttum ok skyldum, Stj.; þröngvandi nauðsyn, pressing necessity (cp. Germ. dringende noth), Dipl. iii. 5; þá þröngði hann nauðsyn til meiri dirfðar, Sks. 465 B; þ. e-m til e-s, to force one to a thing, 664; úynði þrengir þeim í hina herfiligstu hluti, 655 xxvi. 1; þrœyngir honum ofrkapp til úspekðar, Sks. 663 B: impers., ok þröngvir öngan stað eðr minkar, and tightens or decreases in no way, Rb. 334; Laugardaginn eptir þröngði svá sóttarfari konungsins, Fms. x. 148; hann hafði þröngt undir sik (subdued) mestum hluta lands, Sturl. iii. 2; áðr hann þryngvi und sik jörðu, Edda (in a verse); sá er þryngvi und sik Eyjum vestan, Orkn. (in a verse); jöfrar þrungu saman hjaldri, Fms. ix. (in a verse); hann hefir þrungit und sik Noregi, Ó. H. (in a verse); þrøngr at viðris veðri (impers.), the war-storm draws nigh, id.; þröng at rym randa, Fms. i. (in a verse); þeir þrungu (pressed) hlýr-tungli í (hendr) mér, they thrust it into my hand, Edda (in a verse).

þröngva (þrǫngva): 2. to rush, press onward; mildingr þröng at hildi, Arnór.

þröngva (þrǫngva): II. reflex., loptið þröngvisk ok þykknar, the air waxes close and thickens, Stj.

þröngva (þrǫngva): 2. to throng; þröngvisk ér um ungan gram, Sighvat; at eigi þröngðisk menn at hánum, 656 C. 2; þeir réðusk í móti ok þröngðusk at vaðinu, Lv. 82; ok nú þröngisk hvárr í móti öðrum, Al. 79; Þorkell bað þær skynda, ok þröngðisk at þeim ok mælti. Fs. 76; þeir skyldi fara varliga er þeir kæmi í búðina, þreyngvask eigi, Ó. H. 156.

þröngva (þrǫngva): III. part. þrunginn, stuffed full, loaded, fraught with, close; hár þitt er hélu þrungit, Hkv. 2. 42; ekka þrungit (tár), id.; dynr var í garði dröslum of þrungit (thronged), Akv. 35; skeiðum var þrungit á vatn af hlunni, Fms. ii. (in a verse); eftir er ykkr þrungit þjóðkonunga, Hðm. 4; þistill er var þrunginn í önn ofanverða, be thou like a thistle stuffed into the roof, a curse, Skm. 31; hleifr þrunginn sáðum, a loaf full of bran, Rm. 4: metaph., þrunginn móði, swoln with anger, Vsp. 30; þrungin dægr, dismal days, Rm. 11; hví þegit ér svá þrungin goð, oppressed, sulky, sullen, Ls. 7.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, þröngva may be more accurately written as þrǫngva.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

Dan.: Danish.

Engl.: English.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

part.: participle.

pres.: present.

pret.: preterite.

subj.: subjunctive.

v.: vide.

acc.: accusative.

dat.: dative.

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

impers.: impersonal.

pers.: person.

pl.: plural.

þ.: þáttr.

reflex.: retlexive.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)

Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

Rm.: Rígsmál. (A. II.)

Skm.: Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)

Skv.: Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)

Dipl.: Diplomatarium. (J. I.)

Rb.: Rímbegla. (H. III.)

Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

Al.: Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Lv.: Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)

Akv.: Atla-kviða. (A. II.)

Hðm.: Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)

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

Ls.: Loka-senna. (A. I.)

Vsp.: Völuspá. (A. I.)

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