dragun
Maltese
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn).
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
See dragoun.
Noun
dragun (plural draguns)
- A dragon.
- 1382 — Wyclif's Bible, Daniel 14:26
- Therfor Daniel took pitch, and talow, and heeris, and sethide togidere; and he made gobetis, and yaf in to the mouth of the dragun; and the dragun was al to-brokun.
- 1382 — Wyclif's Bible, Daniel 14:26
Old French
Noun
dragun m (oblique plural draguns, nominative singular draguns, nominative plural dragun)
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of dragon
- circa 1110, Benedeit, Le Voyage de saint Brandan:
- Vint uns draguns flammanz mult cler
- Then a dragon appeared, breathing bright fire
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