Vengi

Old Norse Dictionary - vengi

Meaning of Old Norse word "vengi" in English.

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

vengi Old Norse word can mean:

vengi
n. = vangr, [like Dan. vænge and vang], the ground; ok vatt (á) vengi, and threw it on the ground, Gkv. 1. 13.
vengi
2. the sea; vengis blakkr, hjörtr, the steed, the hart of the sea = a ship. Lex. Poët.

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

Abbreviations used:

Dan.
Danish.
n.
neuter.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Gkv.
Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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