draugr

Alternative forms

• draug

Noun

draugr (plural draugrs)

1. (mythology) An undead creature from Norse mythology, an animated corpse that inhabits its grave, often guarding buried treasure.

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *draugaz (“delusion, mirage, illusion”). Akin to Old Saxon gidrog (“delusion”) and Old High German bitrog (“delusion”), gitrog (“ghost”). See also Finnish raukka.

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈdrɑuɣr̩/

Noun

draugr m (genitive draugs, plural draugar)

1. (Norse mythology) ghost, spirit, undead
   • Þáttr Þorsteins skelks, in 1827, S. Egilsson, Þ. Guðmundsson, Fornmanna sögur, Volume III. Copenhagen, page 200:

     Hann kyndir ofn brennanda, sagði draugrinn.

     "He kindles furnace's fire", said the ghost.

References

• draugr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• draugr in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
• draugr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.