dróttinn – Old Norse noun declension

Noun: dróttinn

Gender: m

Nominative

Sg. Indef.	dróttinn
Sg. Def.	dróttinninn
Pl. Indef.	dróttnar
Pl. Def.	dróttnarnir

Genitive

Sg. Indef.	dróttins
Sg. Def.	dróttinsins
Pl. Indef.	dróttna
Pl. Def.	dróttnanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.	dróttni
Sg. Def.	dróttninum
Pl. Indef.	dróttnum
Pl. Def.	dróttnunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.	dróttin
Sg. Def.	dróttininn
Pl. Indef.	dróttna
Pl. Def.	dróttnana

Sample Sentences

[…] oc þriá drotna átti hann í þessi herleiðíngu. ([…] and three lords he had in captivity.) [Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar 254, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur, Volume X. Copenhagen, page 224]
[…] enn ár voru þeir drottnar kalladir; […] ([…] as kings of old were once called; […]) [Ynglinga saga, in 1777, G. Schøning, S. Þ. Thorlacius, Heimskringla, edr Noregs Konunga Sögor, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 24]
[…] Cristr drottinn oc allr heilagr domr. ([…] our Lord Christ and all halidom.) [Grágás, in 1829, J. F. W. Schlegel, Hin forna lögbok islendinga sem nefnist Gragas, Volume II. Copenhagen, page 167]

Nouns inflected like dróttinn

dróttinn, himinn,

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᛞᚱᛟᚺᛏᛁᚾᚨᛉ (*drohtinaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz (“leader, lord”). Cognate with Old English dryhten, Old Frisian drochten, Old Saxon drohtin, druhtin, Old High German trohtin, truhtin. See also Finnish ruhtinas, South Karelian ruohtina. See: Old English Nouns 'dryhten', Finnish Nouns 'ruhtinas'.

Verbs referencing "dróttinn"

Norwegian Bokmål Nouns drott, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns drott, Swedish Nouns drott, Old English Nouns dryhten, Icelandic Nouns drottinn, Danish Nouns drot.