Draga

Old Norse Dictionary - draga

Meaning of Old Norse word "draga" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

draga Old Norse word can mean:

draga: 1. u, f., vide drögur.

draga: 2. u, f., only in pl. drögur, timber carried on horseback and trailing along the ground, Glúm. 368; dragna-hross, a dray-horse, 369: metric. term, a sort of anadiplosis, when a stanza begins with the last word of the preceding one, Edda (Ht.) 126, Skálda 191.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚱᛅᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Similar entries:

Draga (II)

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

metric.: metrically.

pl.: plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Glúm.: Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)

Ht.: Hátta-tal. (C. I.)

Skálda: Skálda. (H. I.)

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