dreyrugr

Old Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *dreuzagaz, equivalent to dreyri (“blood”) +‎ -ugr.

Adjective

dreyrugr

1. 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.

   • 12th c., Anonymous, Sólarljóð, verse 58:

     Dreyrga steina
     þær inar dökku konur
     drógu daprliga; […]

     Those dark women
     sorrowfully dragged
     gory stones;

2. blood-thirsty

Declension

    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

• Icelandic: dreyrugur

References

• 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