Dreng-skapr
Old Norse Dictionary - dreng-skapr
Meaning of Old Norse word "dreng-skapr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- 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.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚱᛁᚾᚴ-ᛋᚴᛅᛒᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- opp.
- opposed.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)