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hrung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
hrung, e; f.
A rung, staff, rod, beam, pole;
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  • Ongunnon stígan on wægn weras and hyra wicg somod hlódan under hrunge ðá ða hors óðbær wægn tó lande

    the men mounted the wain and their steeds with them, they stowed them under the rung, [the pole that supported the covering?]; then the wain bore the horses to land,

    • Exon. 106 a
    • ;
    • Th. 404, 19
    • ;
    • Rä. 23, 10.
Etymology
[
Chauc. Piers P. rong (of a ladder)
:
Goth. hrugga a staff
: cf.
Icel. Hrungnir name of a giant, v. Grmm. D. M. 494
:
Ger. runge a pin, bolt.
]
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v. scil-hrung.
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