drösull

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse drasill (“horse, steed”).

Pronunciation

Noun

drösull m (genitive singular drösuls, nominative plural dröslar)

  1. something dragged
  2. (poetic) horse
    Synonyms: (normal register) hestur, hross, (archaic, poetic) drasill
    • Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen
      Ríðum, ríðum og rekum yfir sandinn,
      rennur sól á bak við Arnarfell,
      hér á reiki er margur óhreinn andinn,
      úr því fer að skyggja á jökulsvell;
      Drottinn leiði drösulinn minn,
      drjúgur verður síðasti áfanginn.
      Ride, ride, ride hard across the sands,
      the sun is settling behind Arnarfell.
      Here many spirits of the dark
      threaten in the gloom over the glacier's ice.
      May the Lord lead my horse,
      it is still a long, long way home.
  3. unimpressive man

Declension

Declension of drösull (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative drösull drösullinn dröslar dröslarnir
accusative drösul drösulinn drösla dröslana
dative drösli dröslinum dröslum dröslunum
genitive drösuls drösulsins drösla dröslanna

Derived terms

See also

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