lyng
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse lyng, from Proto-Germanic *lingwą. Cognate with Faroese lyngur, Norwegian lyng, Icelandic lyng, Swedish ljung.
Noun
editlyng
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “lyng” in Den Danske Ordbog
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse lyng, from Proto-Germanic *lingwą. Cognate with Faroese lyngur, Norwegian lyng, Danish lyng, Swedish ljung.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlyng n (genitive singular lyngs, no plural)
Declension
editdeclension of lyng
Derived terms
edit- beitilyng (“common heather, Calluna vulgaris”)
- bláberjalyng (“bog bilberry, Vaccinium uliginosum”)
- hrútaberjalyng (“stone bramble, Rubus saxatilis”)
- krækiberjalyng (“crowberry, Empetrum nigrum”)
- ljósalyng (“bog rosemary, Andromeda polifolia”)
- lynghæna (“quail”)
- lyngjafni (“interrupted clubmoss, Lycopodium annotinum”)
- lyngrós (“rhododendron”)
- mosalyng (“moss bell heather, Harrimanella hypnoides”)
- rauðberjalyng (“cowberry, lingonberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea”)
- sortulyng (“common bearberry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi”)
- týtuberjalyng (“cowberry, lingonberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea”)
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse lyng, from Proto-Germanic *lingwą.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlyng (uncountable)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “ling, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse lyng n, from Proto-Germanic *lingwą.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlyng m (definite singular lyngen, uncountable)
- (collective) describing plants mostly from the heather family, Ericaceae
Usage notes
edit- 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
editReferences
edit- “lyng” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- ^ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse lyng n, from Proto-Germanic *lingwą.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlyng m (definite singular lyngen, uncountable)
- (collective) describing plants mostly from the heather family (Ericaceae)
Usage notes
edit- 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
editReferences
edit- “lyng” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- ^ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)
Old Norse
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *lingwą.
Noun
editlyng n (genitive lyngs, dative lyngvi)
Declension
edit Declension of lyng (strong wa-stem)
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: lyng
- Faroese: lyngur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lyng
- Norwegian Bokmål: lyng
- Old Swedish: liung
- Swedish: ljung
- Danish: lyng
- → Middle English: lyng
- English: ling
References
edit- “lyng”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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