vindauga

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse vindauga.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²ʋɪndæʉɡɑ/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

vindauga n (definite singular vindauga, indefinite plural vindaugo, definite plural vindaugo)

  1. window
  2. definite plural of vindauge

Derived terms
  • vindaugsviskar
  • vindaugsglas

References

Old Norse

Etymology

vindr (“wind”) +‎ auga (“eye”)

Noun

vindauga n (genitive vindauga, plural vindaugu)

  1. window

Declension
  Declension of vindauga (weak an-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vindauga vindaugat vindaugu vindaugun
accusative vindauga vindaugat vindaugu vindaugun
dative vindauga vindauganu vindaugum vindaugunum
genitive vindauga vindaugans vindaugna vindaugnanna

Descendants
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vindu n
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vindauga n, vindauge n
  • Old Danish: windugh, windughe, wynwe, wyndwe, vinnw, windi, winni, vinduæ
  • Old Swedish: vindøgha
    • Swedish: (archaic, dialectal) vindöga n

Synonyms

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