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sæng

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse sæing (bed), later sæng.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sæng f (genitive singular sængur, nominative plural sængur)

  1. bed
  2. duvet, continental quilt

Declension

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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

Noun

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sæng f

  1. a late variant of sæing (“bed”)

Descendants

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

References

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  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