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

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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