"earth-drake" meaning in English

See earth-drake in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: earth-drakes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English *erthedrake, from Old English eorþdraca, equivalent to earth + drake (“dragon”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*erthedrake}} Middle English *erthedrake, {{inh|en|ang|eorþdraca}} Old English eorþdraca, {{compound|en|earth|drake|t2=dragon}} earth + drake (“dragon”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} earth-drake (plural earth-drakes)
  1. (Anglo-Saxon mythology, fantasy) Alternative form of earthdrake Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: earthdrake Categories (topical): Dragons, Fantasy, Mythology Synonyms: earthdrake, earth drake
    Sense id: en-earth-drake-en-noun-1PcF6fuW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: fantasy

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for earth-drake meaning in English (2.1kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "*erthedrake"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English *erthedrake",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "eorþdraca"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English eorþdraca",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "earth",
        "3": "drake",
        "t2": "dragon"
      },
      "expansion": "earth + drake (“dragon”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English *erthedrake, from Old English eorþdraca, equivalent to earth + drake (“dragon”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "earth-drakes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "earth-drake (plural earth-drakes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "earthdrake"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Dragons",
          "orig": "en:Dragons",
          "parents": [
            "Mythological creatures",
            "Fantasy",
            "Mythology",
            "Fiction",
            "Speculative fiction",
            "Culture",
            "Artistic works",
            "Genres",
            "Society",
            "Art",
            "Entertainment",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Fantasy",
          "orig": "en:Fantasy",
          "parents": [
            "Fiction",
            "Speculative fiction",
            "Artistic works",
            "Genres",
            "Art",
            "Entertainment",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mythology",
          "orig": "en:Mythology",
          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of earthdrake"
      ],
      "id": "en-earth-drake-en-noun-1PcF6fuW",
      "links": [
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "fantasy",
          "fantasy"
        ],
        [
          "earthdrake",
          "earthdrake#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Anglo-Saxon mythology",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Anglo-Saxon mythology, fantasy) Alternative form of earthdrake"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "earthdrake"
        },
        {
          "word": "earth drake"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fantasy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "earth-drake"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "*erthedrake"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English *erthedrake",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "eorþdraca"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English eorþdraca",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "earth",
        "3": "drake",
        "t2": "dragon"
      },
      "expansion": "earth + drake (“dragon”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English *erthedrake, from Old English eorþdraca, equivalent to earth + drake (“dragon”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "earth-drakes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "earth-drake (plural earth-drakes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "earthdrake"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English compound terms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old English",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Old English",
        "en:Dragons",
        "en:Fantasy",
        "en:Mythology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of earthdrake"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "fantasy",
          "fantasy"
        ],
        [
          "earthdrake",
          "earthdrake#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Anglo-Saxon mythology",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Anglo-Saxon mythology, fantasy) Alternative form of earthdrake"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fantasy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "earthdrake"
    },
    {
      "word": "earth drake"
    }
  ],
  "word": "earth-drake"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.