Þrönging

Old Norwegian Dictionary - þrönging

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "þrönging" (or þrǫnging) in Norwegian.

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

þrönging (þrǫnging): þrönging, f. = þröngving; svá sem víngerist af mörgum vínberjum ok kre(i)st-ingum, svá samtengist líkamr Krists afmörgum réttlátum mönnum fyrir þröng-ing manna Elucid. 12716; Jesus Cristrfrelsti mannkynit frá djöfla þrældómiok þeirra þröngingum Stj. 39724.

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, þrönging may be more accurately written as þrǫnging.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚦᚱᚯᚿᚵᛁᚿᚵ
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.

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