"lyng" meaning in Old Norse

See lyng in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *lingwą. Etymology templates: {{inh|non|gem-pro|*lingwą}} Proto-Germanic *lingwą Head templates: {{head|non|noun|genitive|lyngs|or|||{{{datacc}}}|dative|lyngvi||{{{3}}}|or|||{{{ap}}}|g=n|g2=|head=|sort=|tr=}} lyng n (genitive lyngs, dative lyngvi), {{non-noun|n|lyngs|dative=lyngvi}} lyng n (genitive lyngs, dative lyngvi) Inflection templates: {{non-decl-n-wa|lyng}}, {{non-decl-blank-full|apd=lyngin|api=lyng|asd=lyngit|asi=lyng|dpd=lyngunum|dpi=lyngum|dsd=lyngvinu|dsi=lyngvi|g=neuter|gpd=lyngvanna|gpi=lyngva|gsd=lyngsins|gsi=lyngs|notes=|npd=lyngin|npi=lyng|nsd=lyngit|nsi=lyng|stem=strong wa-stem|title=lyng}}, {{non-decl-cell|lyng|nsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|lyngit|nsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|lyng|npi}}, {{non-decl-cell|lyngin|npd}}, {{non-decl-cell|lyng|asi}}, {{non-decl-cell|lyngit|asd}}, {{non-decl-cell|lyng|api}}, {{non-decl-cell|lyngin|apd}}, {{non-decl-cell|lyngvi|dsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|lyngvinu|dsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|lyngum|dpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|lyngunum|dpd}}, {{non-decl-cell|lyngs|gsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|lyngsins|gsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|lyngva|gpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|lyngvanna|gpd}} Forms: lyngs [genitive], lyngvi [dative], no-table-tags [table-tags], lyng [indefinite, nominative, singular], lyngit [definite, nominative, singular], lyng [indefinite, nominative, plural], lyngin [definite, nominative, plural], lyng [accusative, indefinite, singular], lyngit [accusative, definite, singular], lyng [accusative, indefinite, plural], lyngin [accusative, definite, plural], lyngvi [dative, indefinite, singular], lyngvinu [dative, definite, singular], lyngum [dative, indefinite, plural], lyngunum [dative, definite, plural], lyngs [genitive, indefinite, singular], lyngsins [definite, genitive, singular], lyngva [genitive, indefinite, plural], lyngvanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. heather, ling Tags: neuter Derived forms: Lyngbakr
    Sense id: en-lyng-non-noun-5szTaAv4 Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "lyng"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "lang_code": "fo",
      "word": "lyngur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "word": "lyng"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "word": "lyng"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
          "word": "ljung"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Swedish",
      "lang_code": "gmq-osw",
      "word": "liung"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "word": "lyng"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "ling"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "lyng"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*lingwą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lingwą",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *lingwą.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lyngs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyngvi",
      "tags": [
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-n-wa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyng",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyngit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyng",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyngin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyng",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyngit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyng",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyngin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyngvi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyngvinu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyngum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyngunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyngs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyngsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyngva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyngvanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "10": "lyngvi",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{3}}}",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{ap}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "lyngs",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{datacc}}}",
        "9": "dative",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lyng n (genitive lyngs, dative lyngvi)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "lyngs",
        "dative": "lyngvi"
      },
      "expansion": "lyng n (genitive lyngs, dative lyngvi)",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyng"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-n-wa"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "lyngin",
        "api": "lyng",
        "asd": "lyngit",
        "asi": "lyng",
        "dpd": "lyngunum",
        "dpi": "lyngum",
        "dsd": "lyngvinu",
        "dsi": "lyngvi",
        "g": "neuter",
        "gpd": "lyngvanna",
        "gpi": "lyngva",
        "gsd": "lyngsins",
        "gsi": "lyngs",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "lyngin",
        "npi": "lyng",
        "nsd": "lyngit",
        "nsi": "lyng",
        "stem": "strong wa-stem",
        "title": "lyng"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyng",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyngit",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyng",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyngin",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyng",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyngit",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyng",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyngin",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyngvi",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyngvinu",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyngum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyngunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyngs",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyngsins",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyngva",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyngvanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Lyngbakr"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "heather, ling"
      ],
      "id": "en-lyng-non-noun-5szTaAv4",
      "links": [
        [
          "heather",
          "heather"
        ],
        [
          "ling",
          "ling"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lyng"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Lyngbakr"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "lyng"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "lang_code": "fo",
      "word": "lyngur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "word": "lyng"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "word": "lyng"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
          "word": "ljung"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Swedish",
      "lang_code": "gmq-osw",
      "word": "liung"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "word": "lyng"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "ling"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "lyng"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*lingwą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lingwą",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *lingwą.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lyngs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyngvi",
      "tags": [
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-n-wa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyng",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyngit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyng",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyngin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyng",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyngit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyng",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyngin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyngvi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyngvinu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyngum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyngunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyngs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyngsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyngva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lyngvanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "10": "lyngvi",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{3}}}",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{ap}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "lyngs",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{datacc}}}",
        "9": "dative",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lyng n (genitive lyngs, dative lyngvi)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "lyngs",
        "dative": "lyngvi"
      },
      "expansion": "lyng n (genitive lyngs, dative lyngvi)",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyng"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-n-wa"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "lyngin",
        "api": "lyng",
        "asd": "lyngit",
        "asi": "lyng",
        "dpd": "lyngunum",
        "dpi": "lyngum",
        "dsd": "lyngvinu",
        "dsi": "lyngvi",
        "g": "neuter",
        "gpd": "lyngvanna",
        "gpi": "lyngva",
        "gsd": "lyngsins",
        "gsi": "lyngs",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "lyngin",
        "npi": "lyng",
        "nsd": "lyngit",
        "nsi": "lyng",
        "stem": "strong wa-stem",
        "title": "lyng"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyng",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyngit",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyng",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyngin",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyng",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyngit",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyng",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyngin",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyngvi",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyngvinu",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyngum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyngunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyngs",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyngsins",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyngva",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lyngvanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Norse lemmas",
        "Old Norse neuter nouns",
        "Old Norse neuter wa-stem nouns",
        "Old Norse nouns",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "heather, ling"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heather",
          "heather"
        ],
        [
          "ling",
          "ling"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lyng"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old Norse dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (05c257f and 9d9a410). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.