Öngving

Old Norwegian Dictionary - öngving

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "öngving" (or ǫngving) in Norwegian.

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

öngving (ǫngving)
öngving, f. Trængsel, Nød (jvf þröngving);nú kom ek at miskunna þér, huggaþik ok grœða ok styrkja þína eymdok öngving Bp. I, 20117.

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚿᚵᚠᛁᚿᚵ
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:

f.
Feminin.
p.
Pagina, side.

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