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Old English · noun

dran

Normalised drān

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/drɑːn/
/drɑn/
Syllables
drɑːn (1 syllable)
Modern English
dronebeemale

Meaning

  1. male bee, drone

Declension

Declension of dran
SingularPlural
Nominative drāndrandrānadrānedranadrane
Accusative drānedranedrānadrānedranadrane
Genitive drānedranedrānadrana
Dative drānedranedrānumdranum

All forms (8)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *drānu (“drone”). Cognate with Old Saxon drān (German Low German Drahn), dialectal German Drohne.

Descendants

drone

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