yngling
/ˈɪŋ.lɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname from Old Norse, especially used of members of the oldest known Scandinavian dynasty, the Ynglings, who were supposedly descended from Frey.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Yngling.
Example Sentences
- "The Yngling is highly stable, with a beam-to-waterline ratio of .37 and with 50 percent of the weight in ballast."
- "… 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."
- "And what a terrific performance by our girls in the Yngling. […] A strange name - do you Yngle it or sail it."
- "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."