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Etymology

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Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse Draupnir.

Proper noun

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Draupne m

  1. (Norse mythology) Draupnir

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse Draupnir. The name is a remade singular form from *draupna, plural genitive of *draupi, from the stem of dreypa (to let drip), whence also drøypa.[1] Related to drjúpa, whence also drjupa, drypa.

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Proper noun

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Draupne m

  1. (Norse mythology) Draupnir
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References

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  1. ^ Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Draupnir”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN