dróttning

See also: drottning

Old Norse

Etymology

From dróttinn +‎ -ing.

Noun

dróttning f

Declension

Declension of dróttning (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dróttning	dróttningin	dróttningar	dróttningarnar
accusative	dróttning	dróttningina	dróttningar	dróttningarnar
dative	dróttningu	dróttningunni	dróttningum	dróttningunum
genitive	dróttningar	dróttningarinnar	dróttninga	dróttninganna

Derived terms

dróttningardómr m (“queen-hood”)
dróttningarefni n (“a future queen”)
dróttningarnafn n (“the title of a queen”)
dróttningligr (“queenly”)

Descendants

Danish: dronning
Icelandic: drottning
Norwegian Bokmål: dronning
Norwegian Nynorsk: dronning
Swedish: drottning

References

dróttning in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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