English
firedrake
Firedrake comes from Old English fȳrdraca ‘fire-spewing dragon’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150fȳrdraca‘fire-spewing dragon’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500firdrake
- Englishearliest quotation 1895firedrake
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150fȳrdraca‘fire-spewing dragon’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500firdrake
- Englishearliest quotation 1895firedrake
Earliest quotation: 1895, W Morris, AJ Wyatt (trans.): “Then was the folk-scather for the third of times…”
Every English word from Old English fȳrdraca
Today it means
noun A fire-breathing dragon.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English fȳrdraca / firedrake