tǫng

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tong"

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tangō (“tong”). Cognate with Old English tang, tange, Old Frisian tange, tonge, Old Saxon tanga, Old High German zanga.

Noun

tǫng f (genitive tangar, plural tengr or tangir)

  1. smith's tongs

Declension

This noun may either be declined like a regular i-stem noun or as a consonant stem, having i-umlaut in the nominative and accusative plurals.

Declension of tǫng (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tǫng tǫngin tangir tangirnar
accusative tǫng tǫngina tangir tangirnar
dative tǫng tǫnginni tǫngum tǫngunum
genitive tangar tangarinnar tanga tanganna
Declension of tǫng (strong consonant stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tǫng tǫngin tengr tengrnar
accusative tǫng tǫngina tengr tengrnar
dative tǫng tǫnginni tǫngum tǫngunum
genitive tangar tangarinnar tanga tanganna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: töng f
  • Faroese: tong f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tong f; (dialectal) tøng f
  • Elfdalian: taungg
  • Swedish: tång c
  • Gutnish: tangg
  • Danish: tang c
    • Norwegian Bokmål: tang m or f

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “töng”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 446; also available at the Internet Archive
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