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vrangr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *wrangaz, akin to the Common Germanic verb *wringan.

Adjective

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vrangr

  1. twisted
    • c. 825, Bragi hinn gamli Boddason, poem about Thor’s fishing
      Vildit vrǫngum ofra · vágs byrsendir ǿgi,
      hinns mjótygil máva · mǿrar skar fyr Þóri.
      The wave’s wind-sender (= Hymir) did not want to raise up the twisted terrifier (= the Midgard serpent),
      when he cut the slender string of the seagull-land (fishing line) before Thor.
  2. wrong, false

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