Dröfn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - dröfn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "dröfn" (or drǫfn) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

dröfn (drǫfn): dröfn, f. (G. drafnar) Vand, Bølge (somdet synes beslægtet med draf, drafna).SE. I, 324. 500. 575; nævnes blandtFlodnavne SE. I, 5779, hvorved især maatænkes paa den Elv i Norge, som hargivet Kjøbstaden Drammen sit Navn:Flat. II, 30721; Fm. IX, 3133. 3764;medens det tillige forekommer som Navnpaa Floden Trave ved Lübeck i FormenTröfn Fm. VIII, 2839 (jvf Tröfn om den nævnte norske Flod Fm. IX, 320 fg),der i Middelalderens Latin kaldtes Dra-vena, Travena. Ordet forekommer og-saa i Stedsnavnet Drafnarnes, sandsyn-ligvis saa kaldet, fordi Næsset bestæn-kedes af den forbistrømmende Laxá,Laxd. 24 (6123). For Dröfn forekom-mer ogsaa Formen Drafn (m. eller n.?)Hírðskrá 36 (43011); OH. 18110.

Part of speech: f

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, dröfn may be more accurately written as drǫfn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚦᚱᚯᚠᚿ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

a.: accusativ.

f.: Feminin.

G.: Genitiv.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

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