- An
early appearance of the Old
English word
dracan in Beowulf...
- German: wurm),
meaning serpent, are
archaic terms for
dragons (Old English:
dracan, Old Norse: dreki, Old High German: trahho) in the
wider Germanic mythology...
- that the
mansion once
belonged to a
sorcerer with a
number of apprentices.
Dracan, the most
talented apprentice,
became corrupt and
killed the
other inhabitants...
-
amongst others.
Various Old
English place names reference þyrsas (giants) and
dracan (dragons). However, such
names did not
necessarily emerge during the pagan...
-
swallowing the ****ed: ... ne ****aþ þa næfre of þæra
wyrma seaðe & of þæs
dracan ceolan þe is
Satan nemned. [they]
never come out of the pit of
snakes and...
- þæt folc
earmlic bregdon, þæt wæron
ormete þodenas ⁊ ligrescas, ⁊
fyrenne dracan wæron
gesewene on þam
lifte fleogende. Þam
tacnum sona
fyligde mycel hunger...
-
which is
acted upon. Hē
lufode hīe ("he
loved her"), sē
ridda ācwealde þone
dracan ("the
knight slew the dragon"). Genitive: the
possessor of something. Ġesāwe...
- weak nouns, such as ēage "eye" (plural ēagan) and
draca "dragon" (plural
dracan), but
these have all
either disappeared or
become strong nouns. In German...
