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drot.

king

4 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/drɔt/[ˈd̥ʁʌd̥]
  1. king

    common-gender · historical · poetic
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish drotten (later misinterpreted as the definite singular form), from Old Norse dróttinn, from Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz (“leader, lord”), cognate with Old English dryhten, Old High German truhtin. Derived from the noun *druhtiz (“troop”).

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