Draupne

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse Draupnir.

Proper noun

Draupne m

  1. (Norse mythology) Draupnir

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse Draupnir. The name is a remade singular form from *draupna, plural genitive of *draupi, from the stem of dreypa (“to let drip”), whence also drøypa.[1] Related to drjúpa, whence also drjupa, drypa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [²drœʊ̯.pn̥ə]
  • Rhymes: -œʊpnə

Proper noun

Draupne m

  1. (Norse mythology) Draupnir

References
  1. Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Draupnir”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN
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