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(-jar, -ir), m.1) wing (með vængjunum huldi hann landit allt);2) wing of a budding, esp. of a church.* * *m., pl. vængir; [A. S. winge; Engl. wing; Dan. vinge; the root word is vega]:—a wing; báða vængi, Grág. ii. 170; breiða vængina út, Al. 21; þessa tvá vængi, 677. 3; enn af hans vængjum kveða vind koma, Vþm. 37; væng;i þeir skóku, Sól. 54; með vængjunum huldi hann landit allt, Fms. viii. 10: the phrase, heyra e-ð undir væng, to hear a thing ‘under the wing,’ i. e. to hear it by a side-wind, hear it whispered.II. metaph. the wing of a building, D. N. vi. 84; esp. of a church, ii. 412, 439: a side cloth on the altar, einn væng með strík, B. K. 83; vængir fjórir með dæmum, Pm. 122; vængja-hurð, a double door: a nickname, Orkn.COMPDS: vængbrotinn, vængknúi, vængjaþytr.
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