leiðangr

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From leiða (to lead) +‎ angr (narrowing, tightening, squeezing”, the literal sense behind “affliction, distress). For the sense development of leiðangr, compare English press, press-gang (the forcing of men into the navy). See also Old Norse árangr (produce of the earth brought forth in a year), einangr (narrow passage), and farangr (baggage) and Icelandic berangur (open space”, literally “bare narrowness).

Noun[edit]

leiðangr m (genitive leiðangrs)

  1. lething; a levy, especially by sea (including men, ships and money)
  2. war contribution, war tax

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: leiðangur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: leidang
  • Swedish: ledung
  • Danish: leding
  • English: lething
  • Russian: лейданг (lejdang)

References[edit]

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