Drótt-kvæðr
Old Norse Dictionary - drótt-kvæðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "drótt-kvæðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- drótt-kvæðr
- adj. (-kvæði, n.), in the heroic metre, the metre used in the drápas (q. v.) or poems which were recited before a king and the king’s men (drótt), whence the name probably comes; dróttkvæðr is opp. to kviðu-háttr, the epic, narrative metre, and ljóða-háttr, the metre of didactic poems or poems in the form of dialogues, Edda (Ht.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚱᚢᛏᛏ-ᚴᚢᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- n.
- neuter.
- opp.
- opposed.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Ht.
- Hátta-tal. (C. I.)