draca

• dræce

From Proto-West Germanic *drakō. Alternative form dræce. Compare Old West Norse dreki.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɑ.kɑ/

draca m

1. dragon
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Æfter þyssere sprǣċe cōmon ðā drȳmen, and hæfdon him mid tweġen ormǣte dracan, ðǣra orðung ācwealde þæt earme mennisċ: ac sē apostol Matheus þā dracan ġeswefode, and siððan of ðām lande adrǣfde, swā þæt hī næfre siððan þǣr ġesewene nǣron.

     After this speech came the sorcerers, who had two enormous dragons which them, whose breath killed that poor man: but the apostle Matthew lulled the dragons to sleep, and then drove them from the land, so that they have never been seen there since.

Weak:

• fȳrdraca (“firedragon”)
• līġdraca (“firedrake”)
• nīþdraca (“hostile dragon”)
• sǣdraca (“sea dragon”)

• Middle English: drake
  • English: drake