þrøngva

See also: þrǫngva

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • þrøngja

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þrangwijaną.

Verb

þrøngva

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to press on one
    hann tók at þrøngva mik mjǫk
    he took and pressed me hard
  2. (impersonal, with genitive) to straiten, tighten
    er Ribbungar sá, at alla vega þrøngði kosti þeirra
    that on all sides, their means were straitened
  3. (ditransitive) to force
    þrøngva e-m til e-s
    to force one to a thing
    þrøngva e-m undir sik
    to subdue one by force
    þrøngva e-t út af e-m
    to extort from one
  4. (reflexive) to throng, press forward
    þeir réðust í móti ok þrøngðust at vaðinu
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    loftit þrøngvist ok þykknar
    the air waxes close and thickens

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trenge, trengje
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trenge
  • Swedish: tränga

References

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