lyng

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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

References

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

lyng n (genitive singular lyngs, no plural)

  1. heather, ling

Declension

    Declension of lyng
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative lyng lyngið
accusative lyng lyngið
dative lyngi lynginu
genitive lyngs lyngsins

Derived terms

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

lyng (uncountable)

  1. ling, common heather (Calluna vulgaris)

Descendants

  • English: ling
  • Yola: ling

References

Norwegian Bokmål

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Wikipedia nb
Lyng (røsslyng)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Descendants

References

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