túnvingull

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Icelandic

Etymology

From tún (hayfield) +‎ vingull (fescue).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰunˌviŋkʏtl/

Noun

túnvingull m (genitive singular túnvinguls, nominative plural túnvinglar)

  1. Arctic fescue (Festuca richardsonii)
    • 1863 February 9, Íslendingur, volume 3, number 18, page 137:
      Sumt af þvi, sem jeg hef sljettað, hef jeg sljettað með plógnum eingöngu, plægt um þýfið eins og það kom fyrir, snúið niður grasrótinni, og sáð í flagið smæru og túnvingul.
      Some of what I have levelled, I have levelled with the plough only, ploughed the tussocky ground as it happened, turned over the grass roots, and sown clovers and Arctic fescue in the stripped ground.
    • 1995 January 13, “Ýmsar grastegundir”, in Dagblaðið Vísir, volume 85/21, number 11, page 37:
      Á Íslandi er túnvingull algengasta grastegundin, ef með er talinn rauðvingull, sem stundum telst til sömu tegundar.
      In Iceland, Arctic fescue is the most common grass species, if red fescue is also counted, which is sometimes considered to be the same species.
    • 2015, Helgi Hallgrímsson, “Mosaskorpa”, in Náttúrufræðingurinn, volume 85, numbers 3-4, page 159:
      Auk hélumosans eru ríkjandi háplöntutegundirnar grasvíðir, kornsúra, lambagras, túnvingull, gendinghnappur, axhæra og fjallasveifgras.
      In addition to the leafy liverwort, the dominant plant species are least willow, Alpine bistort, moss campion, Arctic fescue, gendinghnappur, spiked woodrush and alpine meadow-grass.

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