sæng

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse sæing (bed), later sæng.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sæng f (genitive singular sængur, nominative plural sængur)

  1. bed
  2. duvet, continental quilt

Declension[edit]

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Derived terms[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown. Sometimes compared to (to sow).[1][2]

Noun[edit]

sæng f

  1. a late variant of sæing (“bed”)

Descendants[edit]

  • Old Danish: sjang
  • Faroese: song
  • Icelandic: sæng
  • Norwegian
  • Old Swedish: siang

References[edit]

  1. ^ Language. (1952). United States: Linguistic Society of America, p. 4
  2. ^ säng”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy][1] (in Swedish), 1937