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

  • 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

Further reading

  • Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “dróttinn”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 107
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “dróttinn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 96; also available at the Internet Archive
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