| 单词 | earth-drake |
| 释义 | > as lemmasearth-drake earth-drake n. a dragon that lives in the earth.In modern use chiefly in translations of or with allusion to Beowulf. ΚΠ OE Beowulf (2008) 2712 Sio wund..þe him se eorðdraca ær geworhte. 1853 W. Spalding. Hist. Eng. Lit. i. ii. 40 He [sc. Beowulf] sacrifices his own life in destroying a frightful earthdrake or dragon. 1973 M. Alexander tr. Beowulf 137 The wound that the earth-drake Had first succeeded in inflicting on him Began to burn and swell. < as lemmas |
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