Dreng-skapr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Dreng-skapr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 dreng-skapr

m., gen. ar, courage, high-mindedness; the phrase, falla með drengskap, to fall sword in hand, Fms. ii. 42; vit ok d., xi. 112; deyja með drengskap, opp. to lifa með skömm, v. 136; þínum drengskap (manliness) skal ek við bregða, Nj. 13: allit., dáð ok d.; með litlum drengskap, cowardly, Fms. viii. 29; má þat verða til drengskapar, Ísl. ii. 366; drengskapar-raun, trial of d., Sturl. ii. 62.

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚱᛁᚾᚴ-ᛋᚴᛅᛒᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

allit.: alliteration, alliterative.
gen.: genitive.
l.: Linnæus.
lit: literally.
lit.: literally.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
opp: opposed to.
opp.: opposed.
opp. to: opposed to.
p.: page.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)
Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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