drótt

See also: drott

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *druhtiz.

Noun

drótt f (genitive dróttar, plural dróttir)

1. a household, people
2. the host of the king's men, body guard of the king

Declension

Declension of drótt (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	drótt	dróttin	dróttir	dróttirnar
accusative	drótt	dróttina	dróttir	dróttirnar
dative	drótt	dróttinni	dróttum	dróttunum
genitive	dróttar	dróttarinnar	drótta	dróttanna

Related terms

• dróttinn
• dróttning

Descendants

• Icelandic: drótt
• Norwegian Nynorsk: drott

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “drótt”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 96; also available at the Internet Archive

Etymology 2

Verb

drótt

1. second-person singular past active indicative of draga