drengr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *drangijaz (“staff; stake; man; servant”). Cognate with Old English dreng (“warrior; soldier”).
Noun
drengr m (genitive drengjar, plural drengir)
- lad; youth
- one who is courageous or daring; a badass
Declension
Declension of drengr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | drengr | drengrinn | drengir | drengirnir |
| accusative | dreng | drenginn | drengi | drengina |
| dative | dreng | drenginum | drengjum | drengjunum |
| genitive | drengs | drengsins | drengja | drengjanna |
Descendants
- Danish: dreng
- North Frisian: dräng, dring
- Faroese: drongur
- Icelandic: drengur
- Norwegian: dreng
- Old Swedish: drænger
- Swedish: dräng
- Northern Sami: reaŋga
- Finnish: renki
References
- drengr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press