Drag
Old Norse Dictionary - drag
Meaning of Old Norse word "drag"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word drag can mean:drag
- drag
- n. [draga], in compds as ör-drag, a bow-shot, of distance: spec. a soft slope or valley, í hverri laut og dragi, Arm. ii. 94: in pl. drög, the watercourse down a valley, dals-drög, dala-drög; Gljufrár-drög, Pm. 46; Kálfadals-drög, id.; fjalla-drög.
- drag
- β. sing. the iron rim on the keel of a boat or a sledge; the metaph. phrase, leggja drag undir e-t, to lay the keel under a thing, i. e. to encourage it, Eb. 20.
- drag
- γ. a lining, in erma-drög, Bév. 16 (Fr.)
- drag
- δ. Icel. also say, leggja drög fyrir e-t, to lay a drag (net) for a thing, i. e. to take some preparatory steps for a thing.
- drag
- ε. metric. term, a supernumerary, additional line to a stanza, Edda (Ht.) 124, Fms. vi. 347.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚱᛅᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- spec.
- specially.
- i. e.
- id est.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- sing.
- singular.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- v.
- vide.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- metric.
- metrically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Pm.
- Pétrs-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ht.
- Hátta-tal. (C. I.)