LYNG

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Ancient Germanic 1.2 Old Norse 1.3 Old Swedish 1.4 Old English 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Ancient Germanic

*laŋha- = 'bent' ^[1]

Old Norse

lyng = 'heather' ^{[2] [3] [4] [1]}

Old Swedish

liung = 'heather' ^[4]

Old English

lōh = 'lace, belt' ^[1]

Related Names

See Lyngvi

Combinations

Name Element	Example
HEID	see Lyngheiðr
ORM	see LingormR

First Element Forms

Ling-
Lyng-

References

1. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
2. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
3. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
4. ↑ Elias Wessén: Våra ord (1997)