dróttinn

See also: drottinn and Drottinn

Old Norse

FWOTD – 13 July 2015

Alternative forms

• ᛏᚱᚢᛏᛁᚾ (trutin) — Runic form, nominative singular

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz (“leader, lord”). Cognate with Old English dryhten, Old Frisian drochten, Old Saxon drohtin, druhtin, Old High German trohtin, truhtin. See also Finnish ruhtinas.

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈdroːtːɪ̃nː/

Noun

dróttinn m (genitive dróttins, plural dróttnar)

1. a lord, master
   • Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar 254, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur, Volume X. Copenhagen, page 224:

     […] oc þriá drotna átti hann í þessi herleiðíngu.

     […] and three lords he had in captivity.

2. a king, chief, heathen priest
   • Ynglinga saga, in 1777, G. Schøning, S. Þ. Thorlacius, Heimskringla, edr Noregs Konunga Sögor, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 24:

     […] enn ár voru þeir drottnar kalladir; […]

     […] as kings of old were once called; […]

3. (Christianity) the Lord, God, Christ
   • Grágás, in 1829, J. F. W. Schlegel, Hin forna lögbok islendinga sem nefnist Gragas, Volume II. Copenhagen, page 167:

     […] Cristr drottinn oc allr heilagr domr.

     […] our Lord Christ and all halidom.

Declension

  Declension of dróttinn (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dróttinn	dróttinninn	dróttnar	dróttnarnir
accusative	dróttin	dróttininn	dróttna	dróttnana
dative	dróttni	dróttninum	dróttnum	dróttnunum
genitive	dróttins	dróttinsins	dróttna	dróttnanna

Derived terms

Terms derived from dróttinn

• dróttinhollr (“faithful to one's master”)
• dróttinlauss (“without a master”)
• dróttinligr (“of the God”)
• dróttinsdagr (“Lord's day”)
• dróttinskveld (“Sunday evening”)
• dróttinsmorginn (“Sunday morning”)
• dróttinsnótt (“Sunday night”)
• dróttinsvik (“treason towards one's master”)
• dróttinsviki (“traitor of one's master”)
• dróttna (“to govern”)
• dróttnan (“sway, rule”)
• dróttnari (“ruler”)
• dróttning (“mistress, queen”)
• dróttningligr (“queenly”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: dróttinn, drottinn
• Faroese: drottin
• Norwegian Bokmål: drott
• Norwegian Nynorsk: drott
• Old Swedish: drōtin
  • Swedish: drotten, drotte, drott (-en perceived as definite article)
• Old Danish: drotten
  • Danish: drot
• Old Gutnish: drotin

References

• dróttinn in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
• dróttinn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.