lyng

== Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse lyng, from Proto-Germanic *lingwą. Cognate with Faroese lyngur, Norwegian lyng, Icelandic lyng, Swedish ljung. === Noun === lyng heather, ling, (used for several plants in the heather family) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “lyng” in Den Danske Ordbog == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse lyng, from Proto-Germanic *lingwą. Cognate with Faroese lyngur, Norwegian lyng, Danish lyng, Swedish ljung. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈliŋk] Rhymes: -iŋk === Noun === lyng n (genitive singular lyngs, no plural) heather, ling ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Middle English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /liːnɡ/, /linɡ/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Old Norse lyng, from Proto-Germanic *lingwą. ==== Alternative forms ==== lingge, lynge, lynk ==== Noun ==== lyng (uncountable) (especially Northern) ling, common heather (Calluna vulgaris) ===== Descendants ===== English: ling Middle Scots: ling Scots: ling Yola: ling ===== References ===== “ling, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== lyng (especially Late Middle English) alternative form of lenge (“ling”) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse lyng n, from Proto-Germanic *lingwą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lyŋ/, [lʏʷŋ] === Noun === lyng m (definite singular lyngen, uncountable) (collective) describing plants mostly from the heather family, Ericaceae ==== Usage notes ==== Prior to a 2019 revision, this noun was also considered grammatically neuter. With this change, definite singular lynget was made non-standard. ==== Derived terms ==== røsslyng === References === “lyng” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse lyng n, from Proto-Germanic *lingwą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lʏŋː/ === Noun === lyng m (definite singular lyngen, uncountable) (collective) describing plants mostly from the heather family (Ericaceae) ==== Usage notes ==== Prior to a 2019 revision, this noun was also considered grammatically neuter. Definite singular lynget was made non-standard by this change. ==== Derived terms ==== blålyng kvitlyng røsslyng === References === “lyng” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *lingwą. === Noun === lyng n (genitive lyngs, dative lyngvi) heather, ling ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Lyngbakr ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: lyng Faroese: lyngur Norwegian Nynorsk: lyng Norwegian Bokmål: lyng Old Swedish: liung Swedish: ljung Danish: lyng → Middle English: lyng English: ling === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “lyng”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive