dragun
Maltese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sicilian draguni, from Latin dracō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dragun m (plural draguni)
Related terms edit
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
See dragoun.
Noun edit
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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Old French edit
Noun edit
dragun oblique singular, m (oblique plural draguns, nominative singular draguns, nominative plural dragun)
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of dragon
- c. 1110, Benedeit, Le Voyage de saint Brandan:
- Vint uns draguns flammanz mult cler
- Then a dragon appeared, breathing bright fire
Serbo-Croatian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dràgūn m (Cyrillic spelling дра̀гӯн)