floghdraki

Old Swedish

Alternate forms

Etymology

Literary loan from Old West Norse flugdreki; compound of flogh (“fly”) +‎ draki (“dragon”).

Noun

floghdraki m

  1. flying dragon
  2. (folklore) based on descendants: a type of Nordic flying dragon which looks like a streak of light when it flies across the skies, and which burrows into mountains where it dwells

Declension

Declension of floghdrake (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative floghdrake floghdraken floghdrakar floghdrakarnir
accusative floghdraka floghdrakan floghdraka floghdrakana
dative floghdraka floghdrakanom floghdrakom floghdrakonom
genitive floghdraka floghdrakans floghdraka floghdrakanna

Descendants

  • Swedish: flogdrake
  • → Finnish: louhikäärme (partial calque)
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