# 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

* hedelyng
* rosmarinlyng

### 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: /liŋk/
* Rhymes: -iŋk

### Noun

lyng n (genitive singular lyngs, no plural)
* heather, ling

#### Derived terms

* beitilyng (“common heather, Calluna vulgaris”)
* bláberjalyng (“bog bilberry, Vaccinium uliginosum”)
* hrútaberjalyng (“stone bramble, Rubus saxatilis”)
* krækiberjalyng (“crowberry, Empetrum nigrum”)
* ljósalyng (“bog rosemary, Andromeda polifolia”)
* lynghæna (“quail”)
* lyngjafni (“interrupted clubmoss, Lycopodium annotinum”)
* lyngrós (“rhododendron”)
* mosalyng (“moss bell heather, Harrimanella hypnoides”)
* rauðberjalyng (“cowberry, lingonberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea”)
* sortulyng (“common bearberry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi”)
* týtuberjalyng (“cowberry, lingonberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea”)

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* lingge, lynge, lynk

### Etymology

From Old Norse lyng, from Proto-Germanic *lingwą.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /linɡ/

### Noun

lyng (uncountable)
* ling, common heather (Calluna vulgaris)

#### Descendants

* English: ling
* Yola: ling

#### References

* “ling, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse lyng n, from Proto-Germanic *lingwą.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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.
* ↑ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse lyng n, from Proto-Germanic *lingwą.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

* røsslyng

### References

* “lyng” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
* ↑ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lingwą.

### Noun

lyng n (genitive lyngs, dative lyngvi)
* heather, ling

#### 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