slenge

== Middle English == === Noun === slenge alternative form of slynge == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Influenced by Old Danish slenghe and Danish slænge, from Old Norse slængja, slyngja, causative of slængva, sløngva, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *slangwijaną. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk slengja, which retains the diphthong from Old Norse; also Icelandic slengja, Old Swedish slængia → Swedish slänga, Old Danish slængiæ → slenghe → Danish slænge. Perhaps with influence from Middle Low German slengen (Bavarian schlengen). === Verb === slenge (imperative sleng, present tense slenger, passive slenges, simple past slengte, past participle slengt, present participle slengende) to fling, sling, throw === References === “slenge” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === slenge (present tense slenger, past tense slengde, past participle slengt, passive infinitive slengast, present participle slengande, imperative sleng) alternative form of slengja