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.