dyngja
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse dyngja.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtiɲca/
- Rhymes: -iɲca
Noun
dyngja f (genitive singular dyngju, nominative plural dyngjur)
- heap
- 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
From Proto-Germanic *dungijǭ, from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰengʰ- (“to cover”).
Noun
dyngja f
- a dunghill
- a lady's bower
Descendants
- Icelandic: dyngja
- Faroese: dyngja
- Norn: dongja
- Norwegian: dynge
- Old Swedish: dyngia
- Swedish: dynga
- Danish: dynge
- Gutnish: dyngge, dynggå
- Westrobothnian: dyngj, döyndj
References
- dyngja in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press