Draugr

Fornnordisk Ordbok - draugr

Betydelsen av det fornnordiska ordet "draugr"

Enligt Cleasby & Vigfussons fornnordisk-engelska ordbok:

Fornnordiskt ord draugr kan betyda:draugr

draugr
m. [Lat. truncus is perhaps akin]:
draugr
I. a dry log; Edda (Gl.); this sense, however, only occurs in old poets, in compds such as el-draugr, ben-d., hirði-d., her-d., óðal-d., jó-d., gervi-d., in poetical circumlocutions of a man, cp. Edda 68, 85.
draugr
II. metaph. in prose (as it is now used), a ghost, spirit, esp. the dead inhabitant of a cairn was called draugr, Ld. 326, FmS. iii. 200, BS. i. 256, Stj. 492, 1 Sam. xxviii. 15, Róm. 186, 217, Orkn. 210 (in a verse), FaS. (Hervar. S.) i. 436–438, Hkv. 2. 49, fsl. (Harð. S.) ii. 47 (in a verse); it also occurs in the verse on the Runic stone in Schonen, quoted and explained in Rafn Antiq. Orient. 178, but it is uncertain whether it is here used in the first or second sense.
draugr
β. a sluggard, a drone who walks about as a ghost; draugs-ligr, adj.; drauga-skapr, m.; draugast, að, to walk about like a ghost.
draugr
γ. metric., vide draughentr above.
draugr
COMPDS: draugadrottinn, draugafé, draugagangr, draugasögur.

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Förkortningar som används:

Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
cp.
compare.
l.
line.
esp.
especially.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
n.
neuter.
S.
Saga.
v.
vide.
adj.
adjective.
metric.
metrically.

Verk & författare citerade:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Harð. S.
Harðar Saga. (D. II.)
Hervar. S.
Hervarar Saga. (C. II.)
Hkv.
Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Róm.
Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
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