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þrøngva

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See also: þrǫngva

Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *þrangwijaną.

Verb

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þrøngva

  1. to press [with accusative ‘someone’]
    hann tók at þrøngva mik mjǫk
    he took and pressed me hard
  2. (impersonal) to narrow, to constrict [with genitive ‘something’] (idiomatically translated as "be constricted" with the genitive object as the subject)
    er Ribbungar sá, at alla vega þrøngði kosti þeirra
    when Ribbungar saw that on all sides, their means were constricted
  3. (ditransitive) to force
    þrøngva e-m til e-s
    to force one to a thing
    þrøngva e-m undir sik
    to subdue one by force
    þrøngva e-t út af e-m
    to extort from one
  4. (reflexive) to throng, press forward
    þeir réðust í móti ok þrøngðust at vaðinu
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    loftit þrøngvist ok þykknar
    the air waxes close and thickens

Conjugation

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Conjugation of þrøngva — active (weak class 1)
infinitive þrøngva
present participle þrøngvandi
past participle þrøngðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular þrøngvi þrøngða þrøngva þrøngða
2nd person singular þrøngvir þrøngðir þrøngvir þrøngðir
3rd person singular þrøngvir þrøngði þrøngvi þrøngði
1st person plural þrøngum þrøngðum þrøngvim þrøngðim
2nd person plural þrøngvið þrøngðuð þrøngvið þrøngðið
3rd person plural þrøngva þrøngðu þrøngvi þrøngði
imperative present
2nd person singular þrøng, þrøngvi
1st person plural þrøngum
2nd person plural þrøngvið
Conjugation of þrøngva — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive þrøngvask
present participle þrøngvandisk
past participle þrøngsk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular þrøngumk þrøngðumk þrøngumk þrøngðumk
2nd person singular þrøngvisk þrøngðisk þrøngvisk þrøngðisk
3rd person singular þrøngvisk þrøngðisk þrøngvisk þrøngðisk
1st person plural þrøngumsk þrøngðumsk þrøngvimsk þrøngðimsk
2nd person plural þrøngvizk þrøngðuzk þrøngvizk þrøngðizk
3rd person plural þrøngvask þrøngðusk þrøngvisk þrøngðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular þrøngsk, þrøngvisk
1st person plural þrøngumsk
2nd person plural þrøngvizk

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Danish: trænge
  • Icelandic: þröngva
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trenge
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trenge, trengje
  • Old Swedish: þrængia

Further reading

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