dyngja

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse dyngja.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

dyngja f (genitive singular dyngju, nominative plural dyngjur)

  1. heap
  2. shield volcano

Declension[edit]

declension of dyngja
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dyngja dyngjan dyngjur dyngjurnar
accusative dyngju dyngjuna dyngjur dyngjurnar
dative dyngju dyngjunni dyngjum dyngjunum
genitive dyngju dyngjunnar dyngja dyngjanna

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *dungijǭ (“secluded room, bower”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰengʰ- (“to cover”).

Noun[edit]

dyngja f

  1. a bower
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *dungijǭ (“covering, pile”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰengʰ- (“to cover, overcast”).

Noun[edit]

dyngja f

  1. a heap, pile
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Icelandic: dyngja
  • Faroese: dyngja (“heap, pile, multitude, crowd”)
  • Norn: dongja (“heap, pile”)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dynge
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dyngje (“heap, pile”)
  • Old Swedish: dyngia
  • Danish: dynge
  • Gutnish: dyngge, dynggå

References[edit]

  • “dyngja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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