Dreyri

Old Norse Dictionary - dreyri

Meaning of Old Norse word "dreyri" in English.

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

dreyri Old Norse word can mean:

dreyri: and drøri, a, m. [as to the root, cp. Goth. drjúsan, pret. draus, = to drop, fall, a verb analogous to frjósa, fraus, and fröri; this strong verb is lost in the Icel., only the weak dreyra is used; A. S. dreôr = gore; O. H. G. trôr:—are A. S. dreôrig, Engl. dreary, from the same root, in a metaph. sense?]:—blood, esp. gore, properly blood oozing out of the wound; vekja e-m dreyra, to bleed one, FmS. vii. 145; nú vökva þeir sér blóð, ok láta renna saman dreyra sinn. Gísl. 11; manna d., human blood, FmS. xi. 233; the phrase, rauðr sem dreyri, = dreyr-rauðr, red as blood, i. e. dark red, v. 127; rauðr d., Vsp. 33: allit., er hann etr hold mitt ok drekkr dreyra minn, 625. 195; dreyrinn dundi, the blood gushed, PasS. 23. 3: poët. phrases, dals d., jarðar d., the blood of the dales, earth, rivers, Lex. poët.; Kvásis d., the blood of K., poetry, Edda.

dreyri: COMPD: dreyrarunninn.

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

Abbreviations used:

allit.: alliteration, alliterative.

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

cp.: compare.

Engl.: English.

esp.: especially.

gl.: glossary.

Goth.: Gothic.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

i. e.: id est.

l.: line.

lit.: literally.

m.: masculine.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

n.: neuter.

O. H. G.: Old High German.

poët.: poetically.

pret.: preterite.

S.: Saga.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Pass.: Passiu-Sálmar.

Vsp.: Völuspá. (A. I.)

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