rǫng

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
  • → Occitan: varenga
    • → Catalan: varenga
  • → Spanish: varenga