Vangr

Old Norse Dictionary - vangr

Meaning of Old Norse word "vangr" in English.

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

vangr Old Norse word can mean:

vangr
m. [Ulf. waggs = παράδεισος; A. S. wang; Hel. wang; early Dan. vang, as in the ballad, Danmark deiligst ‘vang’ og ‘vænge’ lukt með bölgen blaa]:—a garden, green home-field, Edda (Gl.): in the allit. vé ok vangr, house and home; frá mínum vénm ok vöngum, from my hearth and home, LS. 52; þar var arnar-flaug of vangi, Edda (in a verse); hún-vangr, ‘ship-field,’ i. e. the sea, Eb. (in a verse).
vangr
II. in prose this word is obsolete except in compds, in which (as in vegr) the v is often dropped (-angr); ái-vangr, vet-vangr, kaup-angr, qq. v.: in a great number of local names, þrúð-vangr, Aur-vangr, Ævangr: in names of fiords in Norway, Staf-angr, Harð-angr, Kaup-angr. In several mod. Scandin. local names ‘vangr’ remains in the inflexion -ing, -inge; it is often impossible to say whether the termination is from engi or vangr. In poët. compds, himin-vangr, sól-vangr, hlæ-v., the heaven: the sea is called svan-vangr, the swan-field; ál-v., fley-v., the ship-field, etc. = the sea; all-vangr, the ‘all-men’s field,’ a place of assembly (= almanna-vangr), Ísl. ii. (in a verse); geð-vangr, ‘mind’s-field,’ the mind’s abode, i. e. the breast; baug-v., fólk-v., hjör-v., geir-v., the shield-field, sword-field, i. e. the shield; orm-v., ‘snake-field,’ i. e. gold, Lex. poët.; Þrúð-vangr, the abode of Thor, Gm., Edda.

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

Abbreviations used:

allit.
alliteration, alliterative.
A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
Dan.
Danish.
f.
feminine.
Hel.
Heliand.
i. e.
id est.
l.
line.
lit.
literally.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
S.
Saga.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.
etc.
et cetera.
mod.
modern.
poët.
poetically.
q. v.
quod vide.
Scandin.
Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Eb.
Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Ls.
Loka-senna. (A. I.)
Gm.
Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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