dyngja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dyngja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiɲca/
• Rhymes: -iɲca

Noun

dyngja f (genitive singular dyngju, nominative plural dyngjur)

1. heap
2. shield volcano

Old Norse

Etymology 1

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

Noun

dyngja f

1. a bower

Derived terms

• dyngjuveggr

Etymology 2

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

Noun

dyngja f

1. a heap, pile

Derived terms

• *mykidyngja
• ǫskudyngja

Descendants

• Icelandic: dyngja
• Faroese: dyngja (“heap, pile, multitude, crowd”)
• Norn: dongja (“heap, pile”)
• Norwegian Bokmål: dynge
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dyngje (“heap, pile”)
• Old Swedish: dyngia
  • Swedish: dynga
• Danish: dynge
• Gutnish: dyngge, dynggå

References

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