sæng

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "sang"

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sæing (“bed”), later sæng.

Pronunciation

Noun

sæng f (genitive singular sængur, nominative plural sængur)

  1. bed
  2. duvet, continental quilt

Declension

Declension of sæng (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sæng sængin sængur sængurnar
accusative sæng sængina sængur sængurnar
dative sæng sænginni sængum sængunum
genitive sængur sængurinnar sænga sænganna

Synonyms

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

Unknown. Sometimes compared to sá (“to sow”).[1][2]

Noun

sæng f

  1. a late variant of sæing (“bed”)

Descendants

  • Old Danish: sjang
  • Faroese: song
  • Icelandic: sæng
  • Norwegian
  • Old Swedish: siang

References

  1. ^ Language. (1952). United States: Linguistic Society of America, p. 4
  2. ^ “säng”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok ‎ (in Swedish), 1937
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