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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.
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.
drengs-verk, n. a noble need.
drep, n. (1) bodily hurt, blow þat er d. ef bein brotna); (2) killing, slaying, = dráp; (3) plague, pestilence, = drepsótt; (4) mortification, gangrene.
drepa (drep; drap, drápum; drepinn), v. I. with acc. or absol.; (1) to stike, beat, knock; d. en vendi, to strike one with a rod; hann tók hörpu sína ok drap strengi (struck the strings) til sláttar; d. járn, to hammer iron; d. or d. högg á dyrr, to knock at the door; d. botn úr keraldi, to knock the bottom out of a tub; at eigi drepir þú mik í dúp, that you knock me not into the deep; d. í hel, í dauða, til heljar, to smite to death; (2) to kill, slay, (skulu vér nú fara at honum ok d, hann; (3) in a game of chess, to take a piece, þá drap jarl af honum riddara); (4) to produce by a blow or blows; d. eld, to strike, fire ( = d. upp eld); d. slóð, to make a trail (drápu kyrtlarnir döggslóðina); (5) with prep., d. af, to kill, slaughter (cattle); d. niðr, to kill off (þótt hirðmenn þínir sé drepnir niðr sem svín); d. sik ór dróma, to get rid of (throw off) a fetter; d. til es, to strike, hit, at one; d. et undir sik, to knock or drag down (skaltu standa hjá, er fjándi sá drepr mik undir sik); d. upp eld = d. eld; d. et út, to divulge a thing; d. yfir et, to hide, suppress; drap hann brátt yfir (he soon mastered) harm sinn; (6) refl., drepast, to perish, die, esp. of cattle (fé hans drapst aldri af drephríðum); recipr. to put one another to death (þá drepast menn fyrir ágirni sakir); d. menn fyrir, to kill one another's men; (7) impers., drepr honum aldregi ský (acc.) í augu, his eyes never get clouded; ofrkappit (acc.) drepr fyrir þeim (their high spirits break down), þegar haminjan brestr; drap þó heldr í fyrir honum, he rather grew worse, his eyes grew weaker; nú drepr ór hljóð (acc.) fyrst ór konunginum, the king became silent at once; þá drap stall ór hjarta hans, his heart failed; ofan drap flaugina, the vane was knocked down; regn (acc.) drepr í gegnum et, the rain beats through (the thatch); II. with dat.; (1) to put, thrust; hendi drap á kampa, he put his hand to his beard; d. fœti (fótum) í eð, to strike (knock) one's foot against, stumble over (drap fótunum í þrøskuldinn ok lá fallinn); d. höfði, to droop (with) the head (Egill drap höfðin niðr í feld sinn); d. fingri í munn sér, to put the finger into the mouth; d. hendi til es, við em, to give one a slap with the hand; d. hendi við e-u, to wave away with the hand to refuse a kind offer (d. hendi við boðnu gulli); (2) to tuck up the sleeves or skirts of a garment (hann hafði drepit upp skautunum); d. hári undir belti sér, to tuck the hair under the belt (of a lady); (3) to dip, immerse; d. skeggi (the beard) í Breiðafjörð, to be drowned in B.; d. barni í vatn, to baptize a child; (4) d. orði, dómi á et, to talk, judge of; d. huldu á e-t, to hide, keep secret; d. e-u á dreif, see 'dreif' fig., d. í egg e-u, to turn a deaf ear to; (5) spoil (d. gleði, teiti e-s); d. kosti e-s, to destroy one's happiness; impers. drap þá skjótt kosti, the cheer was soon gone; (6) d. niðr e-u, to suppress (d. niðr konungs rétti, illu orði); d. niðr sœmd e-s, to

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