Dyngja
Old Norse Dictionary - dyngja
Meaning of Old Norse word "dyngja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word dyngja can mean:dyngja
- dyngja
- u, f.
- dyngja
- 1. a lady’s bower, in old Icel. dwellings, Eg. 159, Nj. 66, Bjarn. 68, Rd. 270, Korm. 10, FS. 88, Gísl. 15; in those passages it is different from ‘stofa,’ and seems to have been a detached apartment: [as to the root, cp. A. S. dyng, O. H. G. tunc, Engl. dungeon;—the common sense prob. being that both the bower and the dungeon were secluded chambers in the inner part of the house or castle]:—Trolla-dyngjur, a mountain in Icel., a bower of giantesses.
- dyngja
- 2. a heap, dung, Dan. dynge, (mod.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚾᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- prob.
- probably.
- S.
- Saga.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bjarn.
- Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Rd.
- Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)