þrøngva

þrøngva

See also: þrǫngva

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• þrøngja

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þrangwijaną.

Verb

þrøngva

1. (transitive, with accusative) to press on one
   • hann tók at þrøngva mik mjǫk

     he took and pressed me hard

2. (impersonal, with genitive) to straiten, tighten
   • er Ribbungar sá, at alla vega þrøngði kosti þeirra

     that on all sides, their means were straitened

3. (ditransitive) to force

   þrøngva e-m til e-s

   to force one to a thing

   þrøngva e-m undir sik

   to subdue one by force

   þrøngva e-t út af e-m

   to extort from one

4. (reflexive) to throng, press forward
   • þeir réðust í móti ok þrøngðust at vaðinu

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • loftit þrøngvist ok þykknar

     the air waxes close and thickens

Conjugation

Conjugation of þrøngva — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	þrøngva
present participle	þrøngvandi
past participle	þrøngðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	þrøngvi	þrøngða
2nd-person singular	þrøngvir	þrøngðir
3rd-person singular	þrøngvir	þrøngði
1st-person plural	þrøngum	þrøngðum
2nd-person plural	þrøngvið	þrøngðuð
3rd-person plural	þrøngva	þrøngðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	þrøngva	þrøngða
2nd-person singular	þrøngvir	þrøngðir
3rd-person singular	þrøngvi	þrøngði
1st-person plural	þrøngvim	þrøngðim
2nd-person plural	þrøngvið	þrøngðið
3rd-person plural	þrøngvi	þrøngði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	þrøng, þrøngvi
1st-person plural	þrøngum
2nd-person plural	þrøngvið

Conjugation of þrøngva — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	þrøngvask
present participle	þrøngvandisk
past participle	þrøngsk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	þrøngumk	þrøngðumk
2nd-person singular	þrøngvisk	þrøngðisk
3rd-person singular	þrøngvisk	þrøngðisk
1st-person plural	þrøngumsk	þrøngðumsk
2nd-person plural	þrøngvizk	þrøngðuzk
3rd-person plural	þrøngvask	þrøngðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	þrøngumk	þrøngðumk
2nd-person singular	þrøngvisk	þrøngðisk
3rd-person singular	þrøngvisk	þrøngðisk
1st-person plural	þrøngvimsk	þrøngðimsk
2nd-person plural	þrøngvizk	þrøngðizk
3rd-person plural	þrøngvisk	þrøngðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	þrøngsk, þrøngvisk
1st-person plural	þrøngumsk
2nd-person plural	þrøngvizk

Derived terms

• þrøngð f
• þrøngving f

Related terms

• þryngva
• þrǫngr

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: trenge, trengje
• Norwegian Bokmål: trenge
• Swedish: tränga

References

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