dyngja

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse dyngja.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dyngja f (genitive singular dyngju, nominative plural dyngjur)

  1. heap
  2. shield volcano

Declension

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    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

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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dyngja f

  1. a bower
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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dyngja f

  1. a heap, pile
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • 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

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