Draupnir
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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