Dróttning
Old Norse Dictionary - dróttning
Meaning of Old Norse word "dróttning"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word dróttning can mean:dróttning
- dróttning
- and drottning, f.
- dróttning
- 1. a mistress, Clem. 129 (Unger); þræll sá er vegr at dróttni (master) sínum eðr dróttningu (mistress), Grág. ii. 86 (vide above); ef þræll verðr sekr skógarmaðr um víg dróttins síns eðr dróttningar, 161; drottning hans girntisk hann, Ver. 16. Gen. xxxix. 7; this sense is quite obsolete except in old law phrases and translationS.
- dróttning
- 2. a queen, common to all Scandinavians, Swed. drotning, Dan. dronning, whereas drottinn = king is obsolete, Hkr. Yngl. S. ch. 20, FmS. i. 99, vi. 439, SkS. 468; the instances are endlesS.
- dróttning
- COMPDS: drottningarefni, drottningarmaðr, drottningarnafn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚱᚢᛏᛏᚾᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- ch.
- chapter.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Clem.
- Clements Saga. (F. III.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Ver.
- Veraldar Saga. (E. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Yngl. S.
- Ynglinga Saga. (C. II.)