dyngja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dyngja.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtiɲca/
Rhymes: -iɲca

Noun

dyngja f (genitive singular dyngju, nominative plural dyngjur)

Declension

declension of dyngja

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
f-w1	singular		plural
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

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