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vangr

nafnorðkarlkyn
[ waggs = παράδεισος; wang; wang; early vang, as in the ballad, Danmark deiligst ‘vang’ og ‘vænge’ lukt með bölgen blaa]:—a garden, green home-field, (Gl.): in the vé ok vangr, house and home; frá mínum vénm ok vöngum, from my hearth and home, 52; þar var arnar-flaug of vangi, (in a verse); hún-vangr, ‘ship-field,’ the sea, (in a verse).
II. in prose this word is obsolete except in compds, in which (as in vegr) the v is often dropped (-angr); ái-vangr, vet-vangr, kaup-angr, qq. v.: in a great number of local names, þrúð-vangr, Aur-vangr, Ævangr: in names of fiords in Norway, Staf-angr, Harð-angr, Kaup-angr. In several local names ‘vangr’ remains in the inflexion -ing, -inge; it is often impossible to say whether the termination is from engi or vangr. In compds, himin-vangr, sól-vangr, hlæ-v., the heaven: the sea is called svan-vangr, the swan-field; ál-v., fley-v., the ship-field, = the sea; all-vangr, the ‘all-men’s field,’ a place of assembly (= almanna-vangr), Ísl. ii. (in a verse); geð-vangr, ‘mind’s-field,’ the mind’s abode, the breast; baug-v., fólk-v., hjör-v., geir-v., the shield-field, sword-field, the shield; orm-v., ‘snake-field,’ gold, ; Þrúð-vangr, the abode of Thor, , .
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • Ulf.Ulfilas.
  • A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
  • Hel.Heliand.
  • Dan.Danish.
  • allit.alliteration, alliterative.
  • i. e.id est.
  • mod.modern.
  • Scandin.Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
  • poët.poetically.
  • etc.et cetera.
  • EddaEdda. (C. I.)
  • Ls.Loka-senna. (A. I.)
  • Eb.Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
  • Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
  • Gm.Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)