Draupnir
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably related to drjúpa (“to drip”), therefore meaning "Dripper" (of rings, thus a metaphor for goldsmith).[1]
Proper noun
[edit]Draupnir m (genitive Draupnis)
Inflection
[edit] Declension of Draupnir (strong ja-stem, indefinite singular only)
Descendants
[edit]- Norwegian Nynorsk: Draupne
References
[edit]- ^ Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol 44 (1929), issue #4