þengill

See also: Þengill

Old Norse

Etymology

Formally as if from Proto-Norse *ᚦᚨᛜᚷᛁᛚᚨᛉ (*þaŋgilaʀ). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

þengill m (genitive þengils, plural þenglar)

1. (poetic) prince, king, lord

Declension

Declension of þengill (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þengill	þengillinn	þenglar	þenglarnir
accusative	þengil	þengilinn	þengla	þenglana
dative	þengli	þenglinum	þenglum	þenglunum
genitive	þengils	þengilsins	þengla	þenglanna

Derived terms

• herþengill (“warrior king”)
• stólþengill (“emperor”, literally “throne-king”)
• yfirþengill (“overlord”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: þengill
  • ⇒ Icelandic: Þengill (male given name)
• Old Danish: thengil
• Old Swedish: thængil, thængel (“lord”)
  • ⇒ Old Swedish: Thængel (male given name)
    • Swedish: Tengil (male given name)

Further reading

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “þengill”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press
• “þengill” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen