dreyrugr
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Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Germanic *dreuzagaz, equivalent to dreyri (“blood”) + -ugr.
Adjective
[edit]dreyrugr
- bloody, gory
- 9th c., Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 5:
- […] ok landherr / af lífs vǫnum
dreyrug vápn / Dómalda bar,- and the army of the land, / from the lifeless
Dómaldi, carried / bloody weapons.
- and the army of the land, / from the lifeless
- 12th c., Anonymous, Sólarljóð, verse 58:
- Dreyrga steina
þær inar dökku konur
drógu daprliga; […]- Those dark women
sorrowfully dragged
gory stones;
- Those dark women
- 9th c., Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 5:
- blood-thirsty
Declension
[edit] Strong declension of dreyrugr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | dreyrugr | dreyrug | dreyrugt |
accusative | dreyrgan | dreyrga | dreyrugt |
dative | dreyrgum | dreyrugri | dreyrgu |
genitive | dreyrugs | dreyrugrar | dreyrugs |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | dreyrgir | dreyrgar | dreyrug |
accusative | dreyrga | dreyrgar | dreyrug |
dative | dreyrgum | dreyrgum | dreyrgum |
genitive | dreyrugra | dreyrugra | dreyrugra |
Weak declension of dreyrugr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | dreyrgi | dreyrga | dreyrga |
accusative | dreyrga | dreyrgu | dreyrga |
dative | dreyrga | dreyrgu | dreyrga |
genitive | dreyrga | dreyrgu | dreyrga |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | dreyrgu | dreyrgu | dreyrgu |
accusative | dreyrgu | dreyrgu | dreyrgu |
dative | dreyrgum | dreyrgum | dreyrgum |
genitive | dreyrgu | dreyrgu | dreyrgu |
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: dreyrugur
References
[edit]- dreyrugr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
- “dreyrugr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen