Reconstruction:Old Swedish/drøgher

This Old Swedish entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse draugr.

Noun

*drøgher m

  2. based on descendants + cognates: revenant, ghost, spirit
  3. based on placenames: deceiver; nomen agentis to an attested cognate to Old Saxon bidriogan, Old High German triogan (“to mislead, deceive”)[1]
Descendants
  • Swedish: (regional archaic) dröger, drög m

References

  1. ^ https://runeberg.org/hesjonamn/0101.html
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