Öngja

öngja (ǫngja)

öngja eller öngva, v. (gð) = þröngja,þröngva; ek em eigi svá öngðr meðúfriði né úvinum, at ek vili þessa bœnjátta þér Str. 1413; hón öngvir honumok hann angrar Str. 2534; takið þessakono ok látið öngja henni til þess erhón upp segi, hví þetta dýr hatar hanaStr. 3436; öngði þetta ok þröngði svámjök orkoefni þeirra, at þeir þóttosteigi mega gera eptir sínum vilja þatmysteri Barl. 6515; þeir munu öngvaþér, at eigi muntu svá mikit hafa afþínu ríki, at þú haldir höfði Flov.16424.

Part of speech: v

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, öngja may be more accurately written as ǫngja.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚿᚵᛁᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.