rǫng

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rong"

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wrangō, cognate with Old English wranga (“hold of ship”), Middle Low German wrange (“wale”). From the adjective *wrangaz (“twisted, wrong”). Alternatively, it is related, with Verner alternation, to rá, from Proto-Germanic *wranhō (“something crooked”).

Noun

rǫng f (genitive rangar, plural rengr)

  1. rib of a ship

Declension

Declension of rǫng (strong consonant stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rǫng rǫngin rengr rengrnar
accusative rǫng rǫngina rengr rengrnar
dative rǫng rǫnginni rǫngum rǫngunum
genitive rangar rangarinnar ranga ranganna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: röng
  • Faroese: rong
  • Norwegian: rong
  • Swedish: vrång (archaic)
  • → French: varangue
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