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 (feminine)
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, dyngna dyngjanna, dyngnanna

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

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “dyngja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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