draugr – Old Norse noun declension

Noun: draugr

Gender: m

Nominative

Sg. Indef.	draugr
Sg. Def.	draugrinn
Pl. Indef.	draugar
Pl. Def.	draugarnir

Genitive

Sg. Indef.	draugs
Sg. Def.	draugsins
Pl. Indef.	drauga
Pl. Def.	drauganna

Dative

Sg. Indef.	draugi
Sg. Def.	drauginum
Pl. Indef.	draugum
Pl. Def.	draugunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.	draug
Sg. Def.	drauginn
Pl. Indef.	drauga
Pl. Def.	draugana

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like draugr

skarfr, øruggleikr, stríðleikr, greypleikr, mildleikr, hildileikr, þykkleikr, úfríðleikr, vitrleikr, jarldómr, kunnleikr, slœgleikr, auraskortr, tíðleikr, roskinleikr, horskleikr, sandmelr, døkkleikr, skærleikr, værleikr, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. From Proto-Norse *ᛞᚨᚱᚨᚢᚷᚨᛉ (*dᵃraugaʀ, “revenant, ghost, phantom; deceiver”), 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.
2. Also borrowed into the Sami-languages through an earlier Proto-Norse form, see Proto-Samic *rāvkë.
3. Related by analogy to etymology 2, such as drumbr (“log; peasant”), dræmr (“slow”); Scanian dråmer, dråmår (“devil”); Dutch drommel, drommels (“devil”); Latin drummedaris (“slow human”); Swedish drög (“nut, idiot”), dröger (“slow human”); Danish drog (“a good-for-nothing”); Scots draighie, draich, draick (“a lazy, lumpish, useless person”), draich (“slow, spiritless”). See: Finnish Nouns 'raukka'.

Verbs referencing "draugr"

English Nouns drow, Icelandic Nouns draugur, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns draug, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns draug, Faroese Nouns dreygur.

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