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Draupnir
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Old Norse
Etymology
Probably related to non drjúpa to drip, therefore meaning "Dripper" (of rings, thus a metaphor for goldsmith).Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol 44 (1929), issue #4
Proper noun
m Draupnis
non Dwarves non Norse mythology name of a dwarf
Inflection
sing-indef Draupni
Descendants
nn Draupne
fo Dreypnir
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