rangr

Old Norse

Etymology

From earlier vrangr, from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz, akin to the Common Germanic verb *wringan.

Adjective

rangr

  1. twisted
  2. wrong, false

Descendants

For descendants from earlier form vrangr, see *wrangaz.

  • Icelandic: rangur
  • Faroese: rangur
  • Norn: rang
  • Norwegian: rang; (dialectal) rang’u, rång’e
  • Jamtish: ráng

References
  • “rangr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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