þengill

See also: Þengill

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

• herþengill (“warrior king”)
• stólþengill (“emperor”, literally “throne-king”)
• yfirþengill (“overlord”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: þengill
• Old Danish: thengil
• Old Swedish: thængil, thængel

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
• Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
• “þengill” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen