Dictionary:drengi

Nynorn

Etymology

From Old Norse drengr.

Shetland use

An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland (1928–1932)

Jakobsen, Jakob

drengi [dreŋgi], sb., sea-term, tabu-name in fishermen’s language for halibut. Uⁿ. Prob. O.N. drengr, m., man; unmarried man, also a cudgel, in No. occas. applied to fish, e.g. aaldreng, m., a thick, heavy eel (R. and Fr.). — An obs. Shetl. form drengen (U.?) is given by Edm. in the sense of a man, a lad. The word is found in same sense in the obs. compd. ungadrenger (A.L. in Proc.) or ungadrengen (Edm.), really a young, unmarried man, O.N. drengr. drengen is the old def. form in accusative: O.N. drenginn; in drenger the old nom. sign r is preserved. The word is proved to be O.N. drengr, m., as Fær. drongur, m., an unmarried man, is also found in fishermen’s language as a kind of tabu-name for halibut (Kirkebø).

Pronunciation

IPA:

Alternate Forms

.

Noun

drengi

1. boy

Inflection

nm.w.	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	drengi	drengen	drengar	drengarne
Accusative	drenga	drengan	drenga	drengana
Dative	drenga	drenganon	drengon	drengonon
Genitive	drenga	drengans	drenga	drengana

Synonyms

(none known)