SLYNGVA

(slyng; slöng, slungum; slunginn), v. with dat. to sling, throw, fling (því næst slyngr Surtr eldi yfir jörðina); sungu ok slungu snúðga steini, they sang and swung the swift millstone; var þessu kaupi slungit, this bargain was struck; í vandkvæði er slungit, we are in difficulties; döggu slunginn, bedewed; slunginn vafrloga, encircled by a flickering flame; horna-tog ver slungit af silfri, twisted of silver.

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or slöngva, pres. slyng; pret. slöng or slaung, slungu: part. slunginn; this strong verb, however, is defective in its tenses and persons, and is chiefly used in poets, but rarely in prose; and later it was displaced by the weak slöngva, ð (or mod. slengja, ð), except in the part. slunginn, which remained: [Dan. slynge; A. S. slingan; Engl. sling]:—to sling, fling, throw, with dat. as Engl. to throw with a thing:

I. strong forms:

α. poets; Sinfjötli slöng upp við rá rauðum skildi, Hkv. 1. 33; eik slaung und þér, the ship swung away under thee, Fms. vi. 174 (in a verse); sungu or slungu snúðga steini, they swung and slung the rolling mill-stone, Gs. 4; but weak, svá slöngðu (for slungu) vit snúðga steini, 12 (in the same poem); döggu slunginn, bedewed, Hkv. 2. 36; slunginn vafur-loga, encircled in a wavering flame, Fsm.

β. prose; þeir slungu þar landtjöldum sínum. Fms. xi. 371, v. l.; því næst slyngr (but slöngvir v. l. from a vellum) Surtr eldi yfir jörðina ok brennir allan heim, Edda i. 192; var þessu kaupi slungit, the bargain was struck, Ld. 96: with the notion to twist, nú er svá félagi, at í vandkvæði er slungit, we are ‘in a twist,’ in difficulties. Fms. vi. 114; slungit gull, twisted, coiled gold, Lex. Poët.; horna-tog var slungit af silfri, of a cord, twisted of silver, Fb. i. 320: slunginn, as adj. versed, cunning, s. við e-t, Bárð. 164: freq. in mod. usage as adj. slungnari, more cunning: slungnastr, most cunning.

II. weak forms:

α. in poetry, Gs. 12, but better slungu.

β. in prose; hann skaut í slönguna ok slöngði síðan, Stj. 465; tóku þeir brandana ok slöngðu út á þá, Nj. 201; slöngvir hann þá stokkinum, 202; ok slöngði frá durunum, Fms. ii. 160; slógu menn eldi í keröldin, ok slöngðu at virkinu, i. 128; slöngvit mér at borginni, sling me from the catapult into the burgh, ix. 10; slöngja stóru grjóti, Sks. 410 B; þat grjót, er þeir vilja slöngva, 422 B; hann hafði slengt (better slöngt) hringnum útanborðs, Fas. i. 27 (paper MS.)