dyngja
nafnorð, kvenkyn
Merkingar
u, f.
- 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.
- 2.
a heap, dung, Dan. dynge, (mod.)
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- cp.
- compare.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- Engl.
- English.
- prob.
- probably.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- mod.
- modern.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Eg.
- Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Bjarn.
- Bjarnar saga. (D. II.)
- Rd.
- Reykdæla saga. (D. II.)
- Korm.
- Kormáks saga. (D. II.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla saga. (D. II.)