Draupnir
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
Probably related to drjúpa (“to drip”), therefore meaning "Dripper" (of rings, thus a metaphor for goldsmith).[1]
Proper noun edit
Draupnir m (genitive Draupnis)
Inflection edit
Declension of Draupnir (strong ja-stem, indefinite singular only)
Descendants edit
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Draupne
References edit
- ^ Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol 44 (1929), issue #4