Dravn
Danish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Drafn (older orthography)
Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Drafn m, Drǫfn f (genitive Drafnar). Cognate with Norwegian Dramn, Drammen and Icelandic Dröfn.
Proper noun
[edit]Dravn
- (historical) a fjord in Norway, in older times thought to be a lake
- 1871, “Haakon Haakonssøns Saga”, in P. A. Munch, Oluf Rygh, transl., Norges Konge-Sagaer, Christiania: Feilberg & Landmarks Forlag, page 290:
- Da Skule Jarl spurgte dette, for han ind i Dravn med en stor Hær; han havde et stort Skib paa sex og tyve Rum og mange Smaaskibe.
- When earl Skuli heard that he made ready to go in to Drafn. He had a great ship of six and twenty benches and many small ships.
- Drammen (a town in Norway; official name: Drammen)
- 1777, Ludwig Albrecht Gebhardi, Kongeriget Norges Historie, Odense: Christian Iversens Forlag, page LVII:
- Disse samme Ting bleve og af Fremmede selv hentede, deels fra Tønsberg, deels fra Lade- og Toldpladsen Drafn (Drammen), og af Stæderne Sarpsborg og Trondhiem eller Nidaraas.
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