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Monday, February 20, 2006

Drengskapr-Definition and Bibliography

dreng-skapr (gen. -skapar), m. highmindedness, courage; falla með skap, to fall fighting bravely; með litlum skap, cowardly; þínum skap (manliness) skal ek við bregða. From Zoega Icelandic Dictionary

from Runestone #11

Andersson, Theodore M. . "The Displacement of the Heroic Ideal in the Family Sagas." Speculum, Vol. 45, No. 4 (Oct., 1970) , pp. 575-593


Bauman, Richard. "Performance and Honor in 13th-Century Iceland." Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 99, No. 392 (Apr. - Jun., 1986) , pp. 131-150.


Borovsky, Zoe. "Never in Public: Women and Performance in Old Norse Literature." Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 112, No. 443 (Winter, 1999) , pp. 6-39

Clover, Carol J. "Regardless of Sex: Men, Women, and Power in Early Northern Europe." Representations, No. 44 (Autumn, 1993) , pp. 1-28

Related words also from Zoega Icelandic Dictionary

drengr (-s, pl. -ir, gen. -ja), m. (1) a bold, valiant, chivalrous man; d. góðr, a goodhearted, nobleminded man (auðigr at fé ok d. góðr); ekki þykki mér þú sterkr, en d. ertu g., but thou art a good fellow; drengir, en eigi dáðleysingjar, gallant men, and no fainthearts; at þú mættir drengrinn af verða sem beztr, that you might get the greatest credit from it; hafa dreng í serk, to have a stout heart in one's breast; (2) a young unmarried man (drengir heita ungir menn búlausir, meðan þeir afla sér fjár eða orðstírs); (3) attendant (þeir heita konungs drengir, er höfðingjum þjóna); (4) fellow (lætr síðan sverðit ríða á hálsinn á þeim leiða dreng); (5) pole cf. 'ásdrengr'.

drengs-aðal, n. the nature of a drengr; -bót, f. what makes a man the better drengr; -bragð, n. a brave or gallant deed.

drengskapar-fall, n. failure in drengskapr; -raun, f. test, trial of one's drengskapr.

drengsverk, n. a noble need.

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