drangr
nafnorð, karlkyn
m. a lonely up-standing rock, Dipl. v. 23; kletta-drangr, fjall-drangr, etc., freq. in Icel., vide Eggert Itin. 497: many places take their names from these basalt rocks, Drangar (pl.), Drang-ey, Dranga-vík, Dranga-jökull, etc.; in popular lore these rocks were thought to be giants turned into clones, Ísl. Þjóðs.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- etc.
- et cetera.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Itin.
- Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar þjóðsögur.