þungr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þunguz, from Proto-Indo-European *téngʰus, akin to Proto-Slavic *tęžьkъ (compare Serbo-Croatian težak) and Lithuanian tingus. All from Proto-Indo-European *tengʰ-.

Adjective

þungr (comparative þyngri, superlative þyngstr)

  1. heavy
    • 1093–1103, King Magnús barefoot Óláfsson, loose verse 4
      [] Þungan berk af þingi
      þann harm, es skalk svanna
      — skreytask menn á móti —
      minn aldrigi finna.
      Heavy I carry away from the assembly, the sorrow that I shall never — men adorn themselves at the meeting — find my lady.

Declension

Derived terms

  • þunga (to load)
  • þungafullr (heavy; burdened)
  • þungan f (burden)
  • þungavarnaðr m (heavy goods)
  • þungavarningr m (heavy goods)
  • þungbærr (heavy to bear, burdensome)
  • þungeygr (heavy eyed; dim-eyed)
  • þungfœrr (heavy to move; infirm)
  • þunggengt (difficult to walk)
  • þungi m (heaviness, weight)
  • þungleikaaldr m (age of infirmity)
  • þungleikr m (heaviness, infirmity)
  • þungligr (heavy, difficult)
  • þunglífr (heavy in the body)
  • þungmeginn (oppressed)
  • þungreiðr (heavy to ride through)
  • þungræðr (difficult, laborious)
  • þungyrkr (hard, severe)
  • þyngd f (heaviness, weight)
  • þynging f (burden, heaviness)
  • þyngja (to weigh down)
  • þyngsl n pl (burden, heaviness)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: þungur
  • Faroese: tungur
  • Norwegian: tung
  • Swedish: tung
  • Danish: tung

References

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