Dreng-maðr

Old Norse Dictionary - dreng-maðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "dreng-maðr" in English.

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

dreng-maðr
m. a bachelor, opp. to bóndi, N. G. L. i. 31, 98: a stout doughty man, Lex. Poët.

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

Abbreviations used:

L.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
opp.
opposed.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
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