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): öngva, v. (að) trænge, klemme; greip hannspjótit tveim höndum, ok lagði fyrirbrjóst Hrolfi svá hart, at hann öngvaðisaman Fld. III, 2539.

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.