dreyrugr

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Old Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *dreuzagaz, equivalent to dreyri (“blood”) +‎ -ugr.

Adjective

dreyrugr

  1. bloody, gory
    • 9th c., Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 5:
      […] ok landherr / af lífs vǫnum
      dreyrug vápn / Dómalda bar,
      and the army of the land, / from the lifeless
      Dómaldi, carried / bloody weapons.
    • 12th c., Anonymous, Sólarljóð, verse 58:
      Dreyrga steina
      þær inar dökku konur
      drógu daprliga; […]
      Those dark women
      sorrowfully dragged
      gory stones;
  2. blood-thirsty

Declension

    Strong declension of dreyrugr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative dreyrugr dreyrug dreyrugt
accusative dreyrgan dreyrga dreyrugt
dative dreyrgum dreyrugri dreyrgu
genitive dreyrugs dreyrugrar dreyrugs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative dreyrgir dreyrgar dreyrug
accusative dreyrga dreyrgar dreyrug
dative dreyrgum dreyrgum dreyrgum
genitive dreyrugra dreyrugra dreyrugra
    Weak declension of dreyrugr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative dreyrgi dreyrga dreyrga
accusative dreyrga dreyrgu dreyrga
dative dreyrga dreyrgu dreyrga
genitive dreyrga dreyrgu dreyrga
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative dreyrgu dreyrgu dreyrgu
accusative dreyrgu dreyrgu dreyrgu
dative dreyrgum dreyrgum dreyrgum
genitive dreyrgu dreyrgu dreyrgu

Descendants

  • Icelandic: dreyrugur

References

  • dreyrugr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
  • “dreyrugr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
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