Lyng
Old Norse Dictionary - lyngMeaning of Old Norse word "lyng" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
lyng Old Norse word can mean:
- lyng
- n., dat. lyngvi, Fm. 21, 28, 29, mod. lyngi; gen. pl. lyngva, FmS. v. 234 (in a verse), Eg. (in a verse); [A. S. and Engl. ling; Dan. lyng]:—ling, heather, not only in the English sense, but also of whortle on which berries grow; lyng is smaller than hrís, q. v.; skríða um lyng, FmS. vii. 251; lyng mikit var par ok ber á, there was much bush with berries on, O. H. l. 67, and so in mod. usage; whence hrútaberja-lyng, bláberja-lyng.
- lyng
- COMPDS: lyngáll, lyngbakr, lyngfiskr, lynghnappa, lynghæns, lyngormr, lyngrif, lyngrunnr, lyngyrmlingr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dat.
- dative.
- Engl.
- English.
- gen.
- genitive.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fm.
- Fafnis-mál. (A. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- O. H. L.
- Ólafs Saga Helga Legendaria. (E. I.)
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