þryngva

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• þryngja (later)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną.

Verb

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

1. to press, thrust

   þistill, sá er var þrunginn í ǫnn ofanverða

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. to rush, press onward

Conjugation

Conjugation of þryngva — active (strong class 3)

infinitive	þryngva
present participle	þryngvandi
past participle	þrunginn
indicative	present	past
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)

infinitive	þryngvask
present participle	þryngvandisk
past participle	þrungizk
indicative	present	past
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

• Norwegian Nynorsk: trenge (influenced by Danish)
• Norwegian Bokmål: trenge (influenced by Danish)
• Danish: trænge

References

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