ÞANG
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n. [North. E. tangle; Dan., Scot., and Shetl. tang], kelp or bladder-wrack, a kind of sea-weed; hann var fólginn í þangi, Gullþ. 72, and passim; kló-þang. bólu-þang, belgja-þang, þunna-þang, = fucus vesiculosus, Hjalt.; æti-þang, edible sea-weed: the word is very freq. in mod. usage.
2. poët., hlíðar-þang = trees, Ýt.; hlíð-þang, id., Alm.; þangs hús, láð, ‘tangle-house,’ = the sea. Lex. Poët.