Old Norse

Noun

dróttinn m (genitive dróttins, plural dróttnar)

1. a lord, master
   • Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar 254, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur, Volume X. Copenhagen, page 224:

     […] oc þriá drotna átti hann í þessi herleiðíngu.

     […] and three lords he had in captivity.

2. a king, chief, heathen priest
   • Ynglinga saga, in 1777, G. Schøning, S. Þ. Thorlacius, Heimskringla, edr Noregs Konunga Sögor, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 24:

     […] enn ár voru þeir drottnar kalladir; […]

     […] as kings of old were once called; […]

3. (Christianity) the Lord, god, Christ
   • Grágás, in 1829, J. F. W. Schlegel, Hin forna lögbok islendinga sem nefnist Gragas, Volume II. Copenhagen, page 167:

     […] Cristr drottinn oc allr heilagr domr.

     […] our Lord Christ and all halidom.

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References

• dróttinn in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
• dróttinn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.