Draupne

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse Draupnir.

Proper noun[edit]

Draupne m

  1. (Norse mythology) Draupnir

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse Draupnir. The name is a remade singular form from *draupna, plural genitive of *draupi, from the stem of dreypa (to let drip), whence also drøypa.[1] Related to drjúpa, whence also drjupa, drypa.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Draupne m

  1. (Norse mythology) Draupnir

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Draupnir”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN