dróttna

Old Norse

Etymology

From dróttinn (“lord, master”).

Verb

dróttna (singular past indicative dróttnaði, plural past indicative dróttnuðu, past participle dróttnaðr)

1. to rule, to govern
   1. (transitive, with dative) to rule over

Conjugation

Conjugation of dróttna — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	dróttna
present participle	dróttnandi
past participle	dróttnaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	dróttna	dróttnaða
2nd-person singular	dróttnar	dróttnaðir
3rd-person singular	dróttnar	dróttnaði
1st-person plural	dróttnum	dróttnuðum
2nd-person plural	dróttnið	dróttnuðuð
3rd-person plural	dróttna	dróttnuðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	dróttna	dróttnaða
2nd-person singular	dróttnir	dróttnaðir
3rd-person singular	dróttni	dróttnaði
1st-person plural	dróttnim	dróttnaðim
2nd-person plural	dróttnið	dróttnaðið
3rd-person plural	dróttni	dróttnaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	dróttna
1st-person plural	dróttnum
2nd-person plural	dróttnið

Conjugation of dróttna — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	dróttnask
present participle	dróttnandisk
past participle	dróttnazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	dróttnumk	dróttnuðumk
2nd-person singular	dróttnask	dróttnaðisk
3rd-person singular	dróttnask	dróttnaðisk
1st-person plural	dróttnumsk	dróttnuðumsk
2nd-person plural	dróttnizk	dróttnuðuzk
3rd-person plural	dróttnask	dróttnuðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	dróttnumk	dróttnuðumk
2nd-person singular	dróttnisk	dróttnaðisk
3rd-person singular	dróttnisk	dróttnaðisk
1st-person plural	dróttnimsk	dróttnaðimsk
2nd-person plural	dróttnizk	dróttnaðizk
3rd-person plural	dróttnisk	dróttnaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	dróttnask
1st-person plural	dróttnumsk
2nd-person plural	dróttnizk

Derived terms

• dróttnan
• dróttnari

References

• dróttna in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.