krakenn.

Brit.

/ˈkrɑːk(ə)n/,

/ˈkrak(ə)n/,

/ˈkreɪk(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈkrɑkən/,

/ˈkrækən/

Forms: Also 1700s craken, cracken, kraaken.

Etymology: < Norwegian kraken, krakjen (the -n being the suffixed definite article), also called sykraken, sjökrakjen sea-kraken. The name was first brought into general notice by Pontoppidan in his Förste Forsög paa Norges naturlïge Historie (1752).

A mythical sea monster of enormous size, said to have been seen at times off the coast of Norway.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > aquatic monster or serpent

nickerOE

cetec1220

dragona1340

serra1449

hurlpool1553

afanc1573

orcc1590

sea monster1600

Hydrus1667

sea-dragon1749

kraken1755

sea-snake1755

Midgard1770

the (great) sea-serpent1774

sea-worm1799

taniwha1840

makara1873

Mamlambo1919

lau1923

Ogopogo1926

1755 A. Berthelson tr. E. Pontoppidan Nat. Hist. Norway ii. vii. §11. 211 Amongst the many great things which are in the ocean,..is the Kraken. This creature is the largest and most surprizing of all the animal creation.

1771 C. Douglas in Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 41 Enquiry..as to the existence of the aquatic animals, called Kraakens.

1830 Ld. Tennyson Kraken 4 Far, far beneath the abysmal sea,..The Kraken sleepeth.

1848 J. R. Lowell Ode to France 30 Ye are mad, ye have taken A slumbering Kraken For firm land of the Past.

1862 H. W. Longfellow Cumberland vi Like a kraken huge and black, She crushed our ribs in her iron grasp!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kraken
释义	krakenn. Brit. /ˈkrɑːk(ə)n/, /ˈkrak(ə)n/, /ˈkreɪk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈkrɑkən/, /ˈkrækən/ Forms: Also 1700s craken, cracken, kraaken. Etymology: < Norwegian kraken, krakjen (the -n being the suffixed definite article), also called sykraken, sjökrakjen sea-kraken. The name was first brought into general notice by Pontoppidan in his Förste Forsög paa Norges naturlïge Historie (1752). A mythical sea monster of enormous size, said to have been seen at times off the coast of Norway. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > aquatic monster or serpent nickerOE cetec1220 dragona1340 serra1449 hurlpool1553 afanc1573 orcc1590 sea monster1600 Hydrus1667 sea-dragon1749 kraken1755 sea-snake1755 Midgard1770 the (great) sea-serpent1774 sea-worm1799 taniwha1840 makara1873 Mamlambo1919 lau1923 Ogopogo1926 1755 A. Berthelson tr. E. Pontoppidan Nat. Hist. Norway ii. vii. §11. 211 Amongst the many great things which are in the ocean,..is the Kraken. This creature is the largest and most surprizing of all the animal creation. 1771 C. Douglas in Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 41 Enquiry..as to the existence of the aquatic animals, called Kraakens. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Kraken 4 Far, far beneath the abysmal sea,..The Kraken sleepeth. 1848 J. R. Lowell Ode to France 30 Ye are mad, ye have taken A slumbering Kraken For firm land of the Past. 1862 H. W. Longfellow Cumberland vi Like a kraken huge and black, She crushed our ribs in her iron grasp! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1755
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