Icelandic

Noun

dyngja f

1. heap
2. shield volcano

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dungijǭ, from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰengʰ- ‎(“to cover”).

Noun

dyngja f

1. a dunghill
2. a lady's bower

References

• dyngja in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press