lyng

See also: -lyng and Lyng

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse lyng, from Proto-Germanic *lingwą. Cognate with Faroese lyngur, Norwegian lyng, Icelandic lyng, Swedish ljung.

Noun

lyng

  1. heather, ling, (used for several plants in the heather family)

Derived terms

  • hedelyng
  • rosmarinlyng

References

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lyng, from Proto-Germanic *lingwą. Cognate with Faroese lyngur, Norwegian lyng, Danish lyng, Swedish ljung.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liŋk/
  • Rhymes: -iŋk

Noun

lyng n (genitive singular lyngs, no plural)

  1. heather, ling

Declension

Declension of lyng (sg-only neuter)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative lyng lyngið
accusative lyng lyngið
dative lyngi lynginu
genitive lyngs lyngsins

Derived terms

  • beitilyng (“common heather, Calluna vulgaris”)
  • bláberjalyng (“bog bilberry, Vaccinium uliginosum”)
  • hrútaberjalyng (“stone bramble, Rubus saxatilis”)
  • krækiberjalyng (“crowberry, Empetrum nigrum”)
  • ljósalyng (“bog rosemary, Andromeda polifolia”)
  • lynghæna (“quail”)
  • lyngjafni (“interrupted clubmoss, Lycopodium annotinum”)
  • lyngrós (“rhododendron”)
  • mosalyng (“moss bell heather, Harrimanella hypnoides”)
  • rauðberjalyng (“cowberry, lingonberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea”)
  • sortulyng (“common bearberry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi”)
  • týtuberjalyng (“cowberry, lingonberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea”)

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse lyng, from Proto-Germanic *lingwą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /linɡ/

Noun

lyng (uncountable)

  1. (especially Northern) ling, common heather (Calluna vulgaris)

Descendants

  • English: ling
  • Yola: ling

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse lyng n, from Proto-Germanic *lingwą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lyŋ/, [lʏʷŋ]

Noun

lyng m (definite singular lyngen, uncountable)

  1. (collective) describing plants mostly from the heather family, Ericaceae

Usage notes

  • Prior to a 2019 revision, this noun was also considered grammatically neuter.[1] With this change, definite singular lynget was made non-standard.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse lyng n, from Proto-Germanic *lingwą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lʏŋː/

Noun

lyng m (definite singular lyngen, uncountable)

  1. (collective) describing plants mostly from the heather family (Ericaceae)

Usage notes

  • Prior to a 2019 revision, this noun was also considered grammatically neuter.[1] Definite singular lynget was made non-standard by this change.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lingwą.

Noun

lyng n (genitive lyngs, dative lyngvi)

  1. heather, ling

Declension

Declension of lyng (strong wa-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lyng lyngit lyng lyngin
accusative lyng lyngit lyng lyngin
dative lyngvi lyngvinu lyngum lyngunum
genitive lyngs lyngsins lyngva lyngvanna

Derived terms

  • Lyngbakr

Descendants

Further reading

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