dingle
See also: Dingle
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English dingle (“a deep hollow; dell”), from Old English *dyngel, a diminutive of Old English ding, dung (“dungeon; pit”), equivalent to dung + -le. Compare also dimble (“a dingle, glen, retired place”).
Related to dungeon.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dingle (plural dingles)
- A small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley.
- 1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, “Chapter 4”, in The Two Towers, Book III:
- Turning to the left and skirting this huge hedge Treebeard came in a few strides to a narrow entrance. Through it a worn path passed and dived suddenly down a long steep slope. The hobbits saw that they were descending into a great dingle, almost as round as a bowl, very wide and deep, crowned at the rim with the high dark evergreen hedge.
Translations edit
small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley
See also edit
- dingle-dangle (etymologically unrelated)
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
dingle (imperative dingl or dingle, present tense dingler, passive dingles, simple past and past participle dingla or dinglet, present participle dinglende)
References edit
- “dingle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
dingle (present tense dinglar, past tense dingla, past participle dingla, passive infinitive dinglast, present participle dinglande, imperative dingle/dingl)
References edit
- “dingle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.