þungr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þunguz, from Proto-Indo-European *téngʰus, akin to Proto-Slavic *tęžьkъ (compare Serbo-Croatian težak) and Lithuanian tingus. All from Proto-Indo-European *tengʰ-.

Adjective

þungr (comparative þyngri, superlative þyngstr)

  1. heavy
    • 1093–1103, King Magnús barefoot Óláfsson, loose verse 4
      […] Þungan berk af þingi
      þann harm, es skalk svanna
      — skreytask menn á móti —
      minn aldrigi finna.
      Heavy I carry away from the assembly, the sorrow that I shall never — men adorn themselves at the meeting — find my lady.

Declension

Derived terms

  • þunga (“to load”)
  • þungafullr (“heavy; burdened”)
  • þungan f (“burden”)
  • þungavarnaðr m (“heavy goods”)
  • þungavarningr m (“heavy goods”)
  • þungbærr (“heavy to bear, burdensome”)
  • þungeygr (“heavy eyed; dim-eyed”)
  • þungfœrr (“heavy to move; infirm”)
  • þunggengt (“difficult to walk”)
  • þungi m (“heaviness, weight”)
  • þungleikaaldr m (“age of infirmity”)
  • þungleikr m (“heaviness, infirmity”)
  • þungligr (“heavy, difficult”)
  • þunglífr (“heavy in the body”)
  • þungmeginn (“oppressed”)
  • þungreiðr (“heavy to ride through”)
  • þungræðr (“difficult, laborious”)
  • þungyrkr (“hard, severe”)
  • þyngd f (“heaviness, weight”)
  • þynging f (“burden, heaviness”)
  • þyngja (“to weigh down”)
  • þyngsl n pl (“burden, heaviness”)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: þungur
  • Faroese: tungur
  • Norwegian: tung
  • Swedish: tung
  • Danish: tung

References

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