drake
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Etymology 1 [edit]
From Middle English drake (“male duck, drake”), from Old English *draca, abbreviated form for Old English *andraca (“male duck, drake”, literally "duck-king"), from Proto-Germanic *anudrekô (“duck leader”), from Proto-Germanic *anudz ("duck, ennet"; see ennet) + Proto-Germanic *rekô (“ruler, king”), from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“chief, king”). Cognate with Middle Dutch andrake (“drake”), Middle Low German āntreke, āntdrāke, ("male duck, drake"; > Low German drake (“drake”)), Old High German anutrehho, antrache ("male duck, drake"; > German Enterich (“drake”)), Swabian Antrech (“drake”), German dialectal Drache (“drake”). More at ennet.
Noun [edit]
drake (plural drakes)
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Etymology 2 [edit]
From Middle English drake (“dragon; Satan”), Old English draca (“dragon, sea monster, huge serpent”), from Proto-Germanic *drakô (“dragon”), from Latin dracō (“dragon”), from Ancient Greek δράκων (drakon, “serpent, giant seafish”), from δρακεῖν (drakein), aorist active infinitive of δέρκομαι (derkomai, “I see clearly”), from Proto-Indo-European *derk-. Compare Middle Dutch drake and German Drache
Noun [edit]
drake (plural drakes)
- A mayfly used as fishing bait.
- A dragon.
- J. A. Harrison
- Beowulf resolves to kill the drake.
- J. A. Harrison
- (historical) A small piece of artillery.
- Clarendon
- Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger.
- Clarendon
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- (mayfly): drake fly
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Norwegian [edit]
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- drage (Bokmål)
Etymology [edit]
From Old Norse dreki.
Noun [edit]
drake m
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References [edit]
- “drake” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
Swedish [edit]
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Noun [edit]
drake c
- dragon
- kite
- a male duck, drake
- a belligerent (older) woman; battle-ax
Declension [edit]
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Middle Dutch
- English terms derived from German
- English historical terms
- en:Birds
- en:Dragons
- en:Mythological creatures
- en:Poultry
- Norwegian terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian nouns
- Swedish nouns