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drengr

nafnorðkarlkyn
, ir, drengs, drengir, on Runic stones drengjar; this is a most curious word, and exclusively Scandinavian; it occurs in the poem Byrnoth, but is there undoubtedly borrowed from the Danes, as this poem is not very old.
1. the earliest form was probably drangr, , a rock or pillar, which sense still remains in (Gl.) and in the compds ás-drengr, stýris-drengr, ; it also remains in the verb drengja.2. it then metaphorically came to denote a young unmarried man, a bachelor, hagestald, hagestolz; drengir heita ungir menn ok búlausir, 107; ungr d., a youth, 623. 22, 656 C. 32, 35; drengr, a youth, 409; hverrar ættar ertú d., 465; (hence the sense of a boy); far-d., a sailor.3. hence came the usual sense, a bold, valiant, worthy man, and in this sense it is most in all periods of the language. Drengr is a standing word in the and Runic monuments, góðr drengr, drengr harða góðr, denoting a good, brave, gallant man, a bold and gentle heart; lagði þá hverr fram sitt skip sem d. var ok skap hafði til, vi. 315; drengir heita vaskir menn ok batnandi, 107; hraustr d., a gallant d., 50; d. fullr, a bluff, out-spoken man, Ísl. ii. 363; göfuligr d., 12; d. góðr, noble-minded; auðigr at fé ok d. góðr, vi. 356; hann var enn bezti d. ok hófsmaðr um allt, loo; drengr góðr ok öriggr í öllu, 30; ekki þyki mér þú sterkr, en drengr ertú góðr, thou art not strong, but thou art a good fellow, 109; drengs dáð, a ‘derring do,’ the deed of a drengr, 90 (in a verse): also used of a lady, kvennskörungr mikill ok d. góðr ok nokkut skaphörð, 30 (of Bergthora); allra kvenna grimmust ok skaphörðust ok (but) d. góðr þar sem vel skyldi vera, 147 (of Hildigunna): the phrases, lítill d., a small dreng, or d. at verri, denoting a disgraced man, 68; at kalla þik ekki at verra dreng, to call thee a dreng none the less for that, 42; drengir en eigi dáðleysingjar, ‘drengs’ and no lubbers, iii. 135; drengr and níðingr are opposed, ii. 420: at Hallgerðr yrði þeim mestr drengr, greatest helper, prop, 76; at þú mættir drengrinn af verða sem beztr, that thou couldst get the greatest credit from it, 48: the phrase, hafa dreng í serk, to have a man ( a stout, bold heart) in one’s sark, in one’s breast, ix. 381: in addressing, góðr d., my dear fellow, 407: ‘et quod ipsi in posterurn vocarentur Drenges,’ Du Cange (in a letter of William the Conqueror).
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Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
  • A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
  • q. v.quod vide.
  • cp.compare.
  • N. H. G.New High German.
  • mod.modern.
  • Dan.Danish.
  • freq.frequent, frequently.
  • Swed.Swedish.
  • i. e.id est.
  • COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
  • EddaEdda. (C. I.)
  • Ivar AasenIvar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
  • Post.Postula sögur. (F. III.)
  • Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
  • Ld.Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
  • Bær.Bærings saga. (G. II.)
  • Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
  • Lv.Ljósvetninga saga. (D. II.)
  • Fbr.Fóstbræðra saga. (D. II.)
  • Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
  • N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
  • Gísl.Gísla saga. (D. II.)
  • Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)