kengr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *kengaz, from Proto-Germanic *keng- (to turn), of unknown origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (to turn, twist, braid, weave). Cognate with Dutch kink ("curl, kink"; > English kink), Middle Low German kinke (spiral snail shell, twist in a rope).

Noun

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kengr m

  1. a horseshoe-formed crook
  2. bend, bight
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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: kengur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjeng
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kjeng

References

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  • kengr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Entry "kengr" on page 238 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).