lygn

• IPA^(key): /lɪkn/

  Rhymes: -ɪkn

From Old Norse lygn, from Proto-Germanic *lugnijaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright”), referring to shining water. Germanic cognates include English lown, Danish lyn (“lightning”), Swedish lugn (“calm water”).

lygn (comparative lygnari, superlative lygnastur)

1. (of water, weather, etc.) still, calm

Attested in Icelandic since the 16th century. Possibly inherited, but likely a loanword from Old Saxon lugina, in either case ultimately from Proto-Germanic *lugīnō, itself from *leuganą (“to lie”). Doublet of ljúga.

lygn f (genitive singular lygnar, no plural)

1. (obsolete) lie, lies, falsehood

• (lie): lygi

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1923”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1923

• løgn

lygn f (definite singular lygna, indefinite plural lygner, definite plural lygnene)

1. lie

   Han har fortald deg ei lygn.

   He has told you a lie.

• “lygn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.