draca

See also: drača and drąca

Old English

Alternative forms

• dræce

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɑ.kɑ/

Noun

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.

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	draca	dracan
accusative	dracan	dracan
genitive	dracan	dracena
dative	dracan	dracum

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• Middle English: drake
  • English: drake