Drengr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - drengrMeaning of Old Icelandic word "drengr" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
drengr Old Icelandic word can mean:
- drengr
- (-s, pl. -ir, gen. -ja), m.
- drengr
- 1) a bold, valiant, chivalrous man; ~ góðr, a goodhearted, nobleminded man (auðigr at fé ok ~ góðr); ekki þykki mér þú sterkr, en ~ ertu g., but thou art a good fellow; drengir, en eigi dáðleysingjar, gallant men, and no fainthearts; at þú mættir ~inn af verða sem beztr, that you might get the greatest credit from it; hafa dreng í serk, to have a stout heart in one’s breast;
- drengr
- 2) a young unmarried man (drengir heita ungir menn búlausir, meðan þeir afla sér fjár eða orðstírs);
- drengr
- 3) attendant (þeir heita konungs drengir, er höfðingjum þjóna);
- drengr
- 4) fellow (lætr síðan sverðit ríða á hálsinn á þeim leiða dreng);
- drengr
- 5) pole cf. ás~.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚱᛁᚾᚴᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- f.
- feminine.
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