þrǫng

See also: trong and þrøng

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *þrangwō.

Noun

þrǫng f (genitive þrǫngvar)

  1. throng, crowd
  2. narrow place
  3. (figurative) straits
    alla þá þrǫng ok nauð, er hann þoldi
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. short breath and cough
Declension
Declension of þrǫng (strong wō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þrǫng þrǫngin þrǫngvar þrǫngvarnar
accusative þrǫng þrǫngina þrǫngvar þrǫngvarnar
dative þrǫng, þrǫngu þrǫnginni, þrǫngunni þrǫngum þrǫngunum
genitive þrǫngvar þrǫngvarinnar þrǫngva þrǫngvanna
Descendants
  • Icelandic: þröng f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trong m
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trang m

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “þröng”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 519; also available at the Internet Archive

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

þrǫng

  1. inflection of þrǫngr:
    1. positive degree strong feminine nominative singular
    2. positive degree strong neuter nominative/accusative plural

Verb

þrǫng

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative active of þryngva
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