dingle
See also: Dingle
English
Etymology
From Middle English dingle (“a deep hollow; dell”), from Old English *dyngel, a diminutive of Old English ding, dung (“dungeon; pit”), equivalent to dung + -le. Compare also dimble (“a dingle, glen, retired place”).
Pronunciation
Noun
dingle (plural dingles)
- A small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley.
- 1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Two Towers, Book III, Chapter 4
- Turning to the left and skirting this huge hedge Treebeard came in a few strides to a narrow entrance. Through it a worn path passed and dived suddenly down a long steep slope. The hobbits saw that they were descending into a great dingle, almost as round as a bowl, very wide and deep, crowned at the rim with the high dark evergreen hedge.
- 1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Two Towers, Book III, Chapter 4
Translations
small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Verb
dingle (imperative dingl or dingle, present tense dingler, passive dingles, simple past and past participle dingla or dinglet, present participle dinglende)
References
- “dingle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
Verb
dingle (present tense dinglar, past tense dingla, past participle dingla, passive infinitive dinglast, present participle dinglande, imperative dingle/dingl)
References
- “dingle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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