draca – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of draca

Noun: draca
Gender: m

Nominative

Singulardraca
Pluraldracan

Genitive

Singulardracan
Pluraldracena

Dative

Singulardracan
Pluraldracum

Accusative

Singulardracan
Pluraldracan

Sample Sentences

  • 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.)

Etymology

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

Verbs referencing "draca"

Middle English Nouns drake, English Nouns dragon, Old Norse Nouns dreki, Old Norse Nouns draki.

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