yngling

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/ˈɪŋlɪŋ//ˈɪŋ.lɪŋ/

noun

A type of two-man keelboat from Norway.

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Meanings

yngling1

nounyngling (plural ynglings)

plural ynglings

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Yngling.

Yngling2

nounYngling (plural Ynglings)

plural Ynglings

  1. A type of two-man keelboat from Norway.

    And what a terrific performance by our girls in the Yngling. […] A strange name - do you Yngle it or sail it.

    2008 (or 2004 August 23?), Ron Pattenden, Land on my right: Solo sail round Britain on a Laser, Lulu.com, page 91
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    The Yngling is highly stable, with a beam-to-waterline ratio of .37 and with 50 percent of the weight in ballast.

    1994, Richard Sherwood, A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, page 108

    … of the Yngling was calculated based on the known mass of the boat, including all equipment, and an estimation of the mass of the three female crew members. A triangular surface mesh was constructed on the Yngling geometry, with computational cells clustered and refined in regions of predominant interest and high surface curvature eg keel/rudder leading and trailing edges.

    2004, The Engineering of Sport: 5: Volume 1, published by the International Sports Engineering Association, page 606

    For example, to insist on the inclusion of female match racing in Ynglings amounts to a foolish fixation on an arcane and visually unexciting aspect of the sport.

    2009, Garry Hoyt, Go for the Green: The New Case for Sail and Solar Power, page 35
proper noun
  1. A surname from Old Norse, especially used of members of the oldest known Scandinavian dynasty, the Ynglings, who were supposedly descended from Frey.

Origin

  1. Old Norseungr“young”
  2. Swedishyngling“youngster”
  3. Danishyngling
  4. Norwegianyngling
  5. EnglishYngling

From Norwegian yngling, Danish yngling, Swedish yngling (“youngster”); from Old Norse ungr (“young”) + -lingr (diminutive suffix, compare -ling), also a surname in Old Norse. Doublet of youngling.

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APA

yngling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yngling

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“yngling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yngling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yngling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yngling.

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