Modern English → Old English
Old English word for dragon
10 headwords match “dragon”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; draca ranks first.
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dragon — dragon
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular draca genitive singular dracan dative singular dracan accusative singular dracan nominative plural dracan genitive plural dracena -
dragon — earth dragon
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular eorþdraca genitive singular eorþdracan dative singular eorþdracan accusative singular eorþdracan nominative plural eorþdracan genitive plural eorþdracena -
dragon — firedrake, fire-spewing dragon
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular līeġdraca genitive singular līeġdracan dative singular līeġdracan accusative singular līeġdracan nominative plural līeġdracan genitive plural līeġdracena -
dragon — sea dragon
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sǣdraca genitive singular sǣdracan dative singular sǣdracan accusative singular sǣdracan nominative plural sǣdracan genitive plural sǣdracena -
dragon — a treasure guarded by a dragon
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wyrmhord genitive singular wyrmhordes dative singular wyrmhorde accusative singular wyrmhord nominative plural wyrmhordas genitive plural wyrmhorda -
dragon — a dragon
- appears in the definition
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dragon — firedrake, fire-spewing dragon
- appears in the definition
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dragon — hostile dragon
- appears in the definition
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dragon — any crawling animal, especially
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wyrm genitive singular wyrmes dative singular wyrme accusative singular wyrm nominative plural wyrmas genitive plural wyrma -
dragon — a "venemous destroyer," used to describe the dragon in Beowulf.
- appears in the definition
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “dragon” gets the points below; the candidates are then sorted by total. The score is shown on each entry above so the order can be checked rather than trusted.
| The English word opens the headword's definition | +10 |
| It appears later in the first definition | +6 |
| It appears in any definition | +3 |
| It is in the headword's links | +2 |
| It is listed as an English descendant (etymological evidence) | +9 |
| The headword has an inflection table | +3 |
| Part of speech is a proper noun | −5 |
| Part of speech is a verb (-ian derivations are noisy) | −3 |
| The headword is an alternative form | −6 |
| The first definition is longer than three words | −2 |
A candidate has to be a real headword with its own entry: inflected forms and grammatical terminology (genitive, nominative, preterite, …) never appear here.
Not one of these?
The match may be a different sense of “dragon”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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