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draugr

draugr

Old Norse

Noun

draugr m (genitive draugs, plural draugar)

  1. (Norse mythology) ghost, spirit, undead
    • Þáttr Þorsteins skelks, in 1827, S. Egilsson, Þ. Guðmundsson, Fornmanna sögur, Volume III. Copenhagen, page 200:
      Hann kyndir ofn brennanda, sagði draugrinn.
      "He kindles furnace's fire", said the ghost.

Declension

Descendants

  • Faroese: dreygur m
  • Icelandic: draugur m
  • Norwegian: draug (Bokmål), draug (Nynorsk)
  • Old Danish: drog m
  • Swedish: draug m (Probably reborrowed)

References

  • draugr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • draugr in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
  • draugr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *draugaz ‎(“delusion, mirage, illusion”). Akin to Old Saxon gidrog ‎(“delusion”) and Old High German bitrog ‎(“delusion”), gitrog ‎(“ghost”). See also Finnish raukka.

Pronunciation

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈdrɑuɣr̩/

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