dyngja

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Icelandic

Etymology

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From Old Norse dyngja.

Pronunciation

Noun

dyngja f (genitive singular dyngju, nominative plural dyngjur)

  1. heap
  2. shield volcano

Declension

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

Etymology

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

Noun

dyngja f

  1. a dunghill
  2. a lady's bower

Descendants

  • Icelandic: dyngja
  • Faroese: dyngja
  • Norn: dongja
  • Norwegian: dynge
  • Old Swedish: dyngia
  • Danish: dynge
  • Gutnish: dyngge, dynggå
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References

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