Öngva

Old Norwegian Dictionary - öngva

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "öngva" (or ǫngva) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

öngva (ǫngva): 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, öngva may be more accurately written as ǫngva.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚿᚵᚠᛆ
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.

Abbreviations used:

v.: Verbum.

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