drott

See also: drótt

English

Etymology

From the name of the Drott Manufacturing Company, founded by Edward Drott in 1916.

Noun

drott (plural drotts)

1. An earthmoving machine similar to a bulldozer, but with a front bucket that can be used for scooping and lifting soil, rather than merely pushing it.
   • 1969, Nan Bowie, Mick Bowie: the Hermitage Years, page 158:

     The drivers of bulldozers, drotts, and other types of mechanical shovels worked long hours in appalling weather.

See also

• drott-kvaett

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse dróttinn.

Noun

drott m (definite singular drotten, indefinite plural drotter, definite plural drottene)

1. (archaic) lord

References

• “drott” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drutː/, /drotː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dróttinn, reanalysed as definite form. Doublet of drotten.

Noun

drott m (definite singular drotten, indefinite plural drottar, definite plural drottane)

1. (poetic, archaic) chief, king

   Synonym: drotten

2. (poetic) God
3. lord, owner

Derived terms

• jorddrott
• landdrott (“landlord”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse drótt f.

Noun

drott f (definite singular drotta, indefinite plural drotter, definite plural drottene)

1. (historical) hird
2. a group of Christmas beings

Derived terms

• drottedag (“Christmas Day”)
• drottsete m

References

• “drott” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• drotte
• drotten (very rare)

Etymology

From Old Swedish drotin (with -in interpreted as the definite suffix), from Old Norse dróttinn, from Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz. Related to dryg (lasting, heavy).

Noun

drott c

1. (archaic) king, ruler
2. (archaic) lord; nobility just below the king

Declension

Declension of drott

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	drott	drotts
	definite	drotten	drottens
plural	indefinite	drottar	drottars
	definite	drottarna	drottarnas

This table shows modern forms. Until the 19th century the plural could be formed with -er instead of -ar.

References

• “drott”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)