dróttna

Old Norse

Etymology

From dróttinn (lord, master).

Verb

dróttna (singular past indicative dróttnaði, plural past indicative dróttnuðu, past participle dróttnaðr)

  1. to rule, to govern
    1. to rule over [with dative]

Conjugation

Conjugation of dróttna — active (weak class 2)
infinitive dróttna
present participle dróttnandi
past participle dróttnaðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular dróttna dróttnaða dróttna dróttnaða
2nd person singular dróttnar dróttnaðir dróttnir dróttnaðir
3rd person singular dróttnar dróttnaði dróttni dróttnaði
1st person plural dróttnum dróttnuðum dróttnim dróttnaðim
2nd person plural dróttnið dróttnuðuð dróttnið dróttnaðið
3rd person plural dróttna dróttnuðu dróttni dróttnaði
imperative present
2nd person singular dróttna
1st person plural dróttnum
2nd person plural dróttnið
Conjugation of dróttna — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive dróttnask
present participle dróttnandisk
past participle dróttnazk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular dróttnumk dróttnuðumk dróttnumk dróttnuðumk
2nd person singular dróttnask dróttnaðisk dróttnisk dróttnaðisk
3rd person singular dróttnask dróttnaðisk dróttnisk dróttnaðisk
1st person plural dróttnumsk dróttnuðumsk dróttnimsk dróttnaðimsk
2nd person plural dróttnizk dróttnuðuzk dróttnizk dróttnaðizk
3rd person plural dróttnask dróttnuðusk dróttnisk dróttnaðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular dróttnask
1st person plural dróttnumsk
2nd person plural dróttnizk

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “dróttna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 96; also available at the Internet Archive