dyngja
nafnorðkvenkyn
u,
1. a lady’s bower, in old dwellings, 159, 66, 68, 270, 10, 88, 15; in those passages it is different from ‘stofa,’ and seems to have been a detached apartment: [as to the root, dyng, tunc, dungeon;—the common sense 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 , a bower of giantesses.2. a heap, dung, dynge, ()
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- 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.
- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Bjarn.Bjarnar saga. (D. II.)
- Rd.Reykdæla saga. (D. II.)
- Korm.Kormaks saga. (D. II.)
- Fs.Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Gísl.Gísla saga. (D. II.)