þryngva

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

þryngja (later)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną.

Verb

þryngva (singular past indicative þrǫng, plural past indicative þrungu, past participle þrunginn)

to press, thrust
þistill, sá er var þrunginn í ǫnn ofanverða
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to rush, press onward

Conjugation

Conjugation of þryngva — active (strong class 3)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	þryngva
present participle	þryngvandi
past participle	þrunginn
1st-person singular	þryng	þrǫng
2nd-person singular	þryngr	þrǫngt
3rd-person singular	þryngr	þrǫng
1st-person plural	þryngum	þrungum
2nd-person plural	þryngvið	þrunguð
3rd-person plural	þryngva	þrungu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	þryngva	þrynga
2nd-person singular	þryngvir	þryngir
3rd-person singular	þryngvi	þryngi
1st-person plural	þryngvim	þryngim
2nd-person plural	þryngvið	þryngið
3rd-person plural	þryngvi	þryngi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	þryng
1st-person plural	þryngum
2nd-person plural	þryngvið

Conjugation of þryngva — mediopassive (strong class 3)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	þryngvask
present participle	þryngvandisk
past participle	þrungizk
1st-person singular	þryngumk	þrungumk
2nd-person singular	þryngsk	þrǫngzk
3rd-person singular	þryngsk	þrǫngsk
1st-person plural	þryngumsk	þrungumsk
2nd-person plural	þryngvizk	þrunguzk
3rd-person plural	þryngvask	þrungusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	þryngumk	þryngumk
2nd-person singular	þryngvisk	þryngisk
3rd-person singular	þryngvisk	þryngisk
1st-person plural	þryngvimsk	þryngimsk
2nd-person plural	þryngvizk	þryngizk
3rd-person plural	þryngvisk	þryngisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	þryngsk
1st-person plural	þryngumsk
2nd-person plural	þryngvizk

Related terms

þrøngva (“to press on one”)
þrǫngr (“narrow”)

Descendants

Danish: trænge
Icelandic: þryngva, þryngja
Norwegian Nynorsk: trenge (influenced by Danish)
Norwegian Bokmål: trenge (influenced by Danish)

References

þryngva in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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