"draki" meaning in Old Norse

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Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *drakō, analog to Old West Norse dreki. The form found as Old Swedish draki in Codex Bureanus (14th c.). Compare Old Danish draghæ. The word is expected to have entered the Old Norse language fairly early, since the West Norse form dreki shows signs of prolonged development with the e-vowel. Regarding palatal umlaut in West Norse, compare Old Swedish saghi to Old Icelandic segi (“a slice, bit, clot”). Cognates Old English draca, dræce, Old High German trache, Middle Low German drake. Etymology templates: {{dercat|non|la|grc|ine-pro}}, {{der|non-oen|gmw-pro|*drakō}} Proto-West Germanic *drakō, {{cog|non-own|dreki}} Old West Norse dreki, {{cog|gmq-osw|draki}} Old Swedish draki, {{cog|gmq-oda|draghæ}} Old Danish draghæ, {{cog|ang|draca}} Old English draca, {{cog|goh|trache}} Old High German trache, {{cog|gml|drake}} Middle Low German drake Head templates: {{head|non|noun||{{{2}}}|or|||{{{datacc}}}||{{{dative}}}||{{{3}}}|or|||{{{ap}}}|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=|tr=}} *draki m, {{non-noun|m}} *draki m
  1. (Old East Norse) dragon Tags: masculine, reconstruction Synonyms: ormr, snákr, naðr
    Sense id: en-draki-non-noun-qcQ76UjF Categories (other): Old East Norse, Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Dragons Disambiguation of Old Norse entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 42 Disambiguation of Dragons: 87 13
  2. (Old East Norse) based on cognates: dragonship, longship Tags: masculine, reconstruction Synonyms: ormr
    Sense id: en-draki-non-noun-BvspAib0 Categories (other): Old East Norse
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Watercraft Disambiguation of Watercraft: 0 0
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