dróttinn

See also: drottinn and Drottinn

Old Norse
FWOTD – 13 July 2015

Alternative forms
  • ᛏᚱᚢᛏᛁᚾ (trutin) — Runic form, nominative singular

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz (“leader, lord”). Cognate with Old English dryhten, Old Frisian drochten, Old Saxon drohtin, druhtin, Old High German trohtin, truhtin. See also Finnish ruhtinas.

Pronunciation
  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈdroːtːɪ̃nː/

Noun

dróttinn m (genitive dróttins, plural dróttnar)

  1. a lord, master
  2. a king, chief, heathen priest
    • Ynglinga saga, in 1777, G. Schøning, S. Þ. Thorlacius, Heimskringla, edr Noregs Konunga Sögor, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 24:
      […] enn ár voru þeir drottnar kalladir; […]
      […] as kings of old were once called; […]
  3. (Christianity) the Lord, God, Christ
    • Grágás, in 1829, J. F. W. Schlegel, Hin forna lögbok islendinga sem nefnist Gragas, Volume II. Copenhagen, page 167:
      […] Cristr drottinn oc allr heilagr domr.
      […] our Lord Christ and all halidom.

Declension
  Declension of dróttinn (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dróttinn dróttinninn dróttnar dróttnarnir
accusative dróttin dróttininn dróttna dróttnana
dative dróttni dróttninum dróttnum dróttnunum
genitive dróttins dróttinsins dróttna dróttnanna

Derived terms
Terms derived from dróttinn
  • dróttinhollr (“faithful to one's master”)
  • dróttinlauss (“without a master”)
  • dróttinligr (“of the God”)
  • dróttinsdagr (“Lord's day”)
  • dróttinskveld (“Sunday evening”)
  • dróttinsmorginn (“Sunday morning”)
  • dróttinsnótt (“Sunday night”)
  • dróttinsvik (“treason towards one's master”)
  • dróttinsviki (“traitor of one's master”)
  • dróttna (“to govern”)
  • dróttnan (“sway, rule”)
  • dróttnari (“ruler”)
  • dróttning (“mistress, queen”)
  • dróttningligr (“queenly”)

Descendants
  • Icelandic: dróttinn, drottinn
  • Faroese: drottin
  • Norwegian Bokmål: drott
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: drott
  • Old Swedish: drōtin
    • Swedish: drotten, drotte, drott (-en perceived as definite article)
  • Old Danish: drotten
  • Old Gutnish: drotin

References
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