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DRAGAN

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
DRAGAN, ic drage, ðú drægest, drægst, dræhst, he drægeþ, drægþ, dræhþ, pl. dragaþ; p. dróg, dróh, pl.drógon ; pp. dragen.
Wright's OE grammar
§57; §299; §320; §508;
v. a.
To DRAG, draw; trahĕre
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  • Eall ðæt ða beón dragen toward ða dráne dragaþ fraward

    all that the bees draw towards them the drones draw from them,

    • Chr. 1127
      • ;
    • Th. 378, 24,
      • 25.

  • Simon Petrus dróg ðæt nett on eorþe

    Simon Petrus traxit rete in terram,

    • Jn. Lind. War. 21,
      • 11.

  • Hí me drógon, and is hit nyste ... hit mon drægþ swá hit ne gefret traxērunt me et ego non sensi ... trahĭtur et nequaquam sentit, Past. 56, 2; Hat. MS. Hí drógon heora scipa on, west-healfe ðære brycge

    they dragged their ships to the west side of the bridge,

    • Chr. 1016
      • ;
    • Erl. 155, 9,
      • 23.
v. intrans.
To draw oneself, to draw, go; se conferre, ire
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  • Drógon swá wíde swá wegas to lǽgon

    they went as far as the roads lay before them,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2465
      • ;
    • An. 1234
      • .

  • Ongon dragan Dryhtnes cempa

    the Lord's champion began to go,

    • Exon. 43 a
      • ;
    • Th. 145,
      • 23;
    • Gú. 699
      • .
Etymology
[
Wyc. drow, droȝ, drowȝ drew:
Laym. draȝen, drawe to draw:
Orm. draghenn to draw:
Plat. drágen to bear, endure:
O. Sax. dragan to bear:
Frs. dreagjen, dreagen, dreyn:
O. Frs. drega, draga to bear:
Dut. dragen to bear:
Ger. M. H. Ger. tragen to bear, endure:
O. H. Ger. tragan portāre:
Goth. dragan to carry:
Dan. drage to draw, carry:
Swed. draga to wear:
Icel. draga to drag, carry:
Lat. trahĕre to pull
.]
Derived forms
be-dragan, út-
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “DRAGAN.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/7859.

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