drengr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *drangijaz (“staff; stake; man; servant”). Cognate with Old English dreng (“warrior; soldier”).

Noun

drengr m (genitive drengs, plural drengir)

  1. a valiant, gallant, chivalrous man
  2. lad, youth, a boy
  3. one who is bold, reckless, or inexperienced

Declension

Declension of drengr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative drengr drengrinn drengir drengirnir
accusative dreng drenginn drengi drengina
dative dreng drenginum drengjum drengjunum
genitive drengs drengsins drengja drengjanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: drengur
  • Faroese: drongur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dreng; (dialectal) draing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dreng
  • Old Swedish: drænger
  • Danish: dreng

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “drengr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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