þengill

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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

Descendants

  • Icelandic: þengill
  • Old Danish: thengil
  • Old Swedish: thængil, thængel (“lord”)

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
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