drengr
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Old NorseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *drangijaz (“staff; stake; man; servant”). Cognate with Old English dreng (“warrior; soldier”).
NounEdit
drengr m (genitive drengjar, plural drengir)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of drengr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
masculine | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | drengr | drengrinn | drengir | drengirnir |
accusative | dreng | drenginn | drengi | drengina |
dative | drengi | drenginum | drengjum | drengjunum |
genitive | drengjar | drengjarins | drengja | drengjanna |
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- drengr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press