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

Declension

Strong declension of rangr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rangr	rǫng	rangt
accusative	rangan	ranga	rangt
dative	rǫngum	rangri	rǫngu
genitive	rangs	rangrar	rangs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rangir	rangar	rǫng
accusative	ranga	rangar	rǫng
dative	rǫngum	rǫngum	rǫngum
genitive	rangra	rangra	rangra

Weak declension of rangr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rangi	ranga	ranga
accusative	ranga	rǫngu	ranga
dative	ranga	rǫngu	ranga
genitive	ranga	rǫngu	ranga
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rǫngu	rǫngu	rǫngu
accusative	rǫngu	rǫngu	rǫngu
dative	rǫngum	rǫngum	rǫngum
genitive	rǫngu	rǫngu	rǫngu

Declension of comparative of rangr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rengri	rengri	rengra
accusative	rengra	rengri	rengra
dative	rengra	rengri	rengra
genitive	rengra	rengri	rengra
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rengri	rengri	rengri
accusative	rengri	rengri	rengri
dative	rengrum	rengrum	rengrum
genitive	rengri	rengri	rengri

Strong declension of superlative of rangr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rengstr	rengst	rengst
accusative	rengstan	rengsta	rengst
dative	rengstum	rengstri	rengstu
genitive	rengsts	rengstrar	rengsts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rengstir	rengstar	rengst
accusative	rengsta	rengstar	rengst
dative	rengstum	rengstum	rengstum
genitive	rengstra	rengstra	rengstra

Weak declension of superlative of rangr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rengsti	rengsta	rengsta
accusative	rengsta	rengstu	rengsta
dative	rengsta	rengstu	rengsta
genitive	rengsta	rengstu	rengsta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rengstu	rengstu	rengstu
accusative	rengstu	rengstu	rengstu
dative	rengstum	rengstum	rengstum
genitive	rengstu	rengstu	rengstu

Descendants

For descendants from earlier form vrangr, see *wrangaz.

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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “rangr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive