dyngja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dyngja.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdiɲca/
  • Rhymes: -iɲca

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 1

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

Noun

dyngja f

  1. a bower
Derived terms
  • dyngjuveggr

Etymology 2

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

Noun

dyngja f

  1. a heap, pile
Derived terms
  • *mykidyngja
  • ǫskudyngja
Descendants
  • Icelandic: dyngja
  • Faroese: dyngja (“heap, pile, multitude, crowd”)
  • Norn: dongja (“heap, pile”)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dynge
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dyngje (“heap, pile”)
  • Old Swedish: dyngia
  • Danish: dynge
  • Gutnish: dyngge, dynggå

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