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
  • Swedish: dynga
• 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