heimalningur

Icelandic

Etymology

heima (“at home”) +‎ ala (“feed, nourish”) +‎ -ningur.

Noun

heimalningur m (genitive singular heimalnings, nominative plural heimalningar)

1. a rejected or orphaned lamb that is fed at the farmer's home, a bummer lamb, a bottle lamb

   Synonyms: heimagangur, innlamb

Usage notes

This word has been re-parsed by a significant number of speakers into heimalingur, which is heima (“at home”) plus the diminutive -lingur, which has an almost identical pronunciation.