vrangr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

Declension

Strong declension of vrangr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative vrangr vrǫng vrangt
accusative vrangan vranga vrangt
dative vrǫngum vrangri vrǫngu
genitive vrangs vrangrar vrangs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative vrangir vrangar vrǫng
accusative vranga vrangar vrǫng
dative vrǫngum vrǫngum vrǫngum
genitive vrangra vrangra vrangra
Weak declension of vrangr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative vrangi vranga vranga
accusative vranga vrǫngu vranga
dative vranga vrǫngu vranga
genitive vranga vrǫngu vranga
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative vrǫngu vrǫngu vrǫngu
accusative vrǫngu vrǫngu vrǫngu
dative vrǫngum vrǫngum vrǫngum
genitive vrǫngu vrǫngu vrǫngu
Declension of comparative of vrangr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative vrengri vrengri vrengra
accusative vrengra vrengri vrengra
dative vrengra vrengri vrengra
genitive vrengra vrengri vrengra
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative vrengri vrengri vrengri
accusative vrengri vrengri vrengri
dative vrengrum vrengrum vrengrum
genitive vrengri vrengri vrengri
Strong declension of superlative of vrangr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative vrengstr vrengst vrengst
accusative vrengstan vrengsta vrengst
dative vrengstum vrengstri vrengstu
genitive vrengsts vrengstrar vrengsts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative vrengstir vrengstar vrengst
accusative vrengsta vrengstar vrengst
dative vrengstum vrengstum vrengstum
genitive vrengstra vrengstra vrengstra
Weak declension of superlative of vrangr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative vrengsti vrengsta vrengsta
accusative vrengsta vrengstu vrengsta
dative vrengsta vrengstu vrengsta
genitive vrengsta vrengstu vrengsta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative vrengstu vrengstu vrengstu
accusative vrengstu vrengstu vrengstu
dative vrengstum vrengstum vrengstum
genitive vrengstu vrengstu vrengstu

Descendants

  • Norwegian: vrang; (dialectal) vrang’e, vrång’e
  • Elfdalian: rwaungg
  • Old Danish: wrangær
  • Old Swedish: wranger
  • Scanian: vránger
  • → Old English: wrang (see there for further descendants)
  • Later Old West Norse: rangr

Further reading

  • Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “vrangr”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press
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