vindauga

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• vindauge

Etymology

From Old Norse vindauga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɪndæʉɡɑ/

Noun

vindauga n (definite singular vindauga, indefinite plural vindaugo, definite plural vindaugo)

1. window
2. definite plural of vindauge

Derived terms

• vindaugsviskar
• vindaugsglas

References

• “vindauga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Norse

Etymology

vindr (“wind”) +‎ auga (“eye”)

Noun

vindauga n (genitive vindauga, plural vindaugu)

1. window

Declension

  Declension of vindauga (weak an-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vindauga	vindaugat	vindaugu	vindaugun
accusative	vindauga	vindaugat	vindaugu	vindaugun
dative	vindauga	vindauganu	vindaugum	vindaugunum
genitive	vindauga	vindaugans	vindaugna	vindaugnanna

Descendants

• Faroese: vindeyga n
• Middle English: windowe, windohe, windoge
  • Scots: wyndok, wyndow, wyndo
  • English: window
• Middle Irish: fuindeóc f
  • Irish: fuinneog f
  • Manx: uinnag f
  • Scottish Gaelic: uinneag f

• Norwegian Bokmål: vindu n
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vindauga n, vindauge n
• Old Danish: windugh, windughe, wynwe, wyndwe, vinnw, windi, winni, vinduæ
  • Danish: vindue n
• Old Swedish: vindøgha
  • Swedish: (archaic, dialectal) vindöga n

Synonyms

• gluggi

References

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