drane

See also: Drane

Middle English

Alternative forms

drone, dron

Etymology

From the oblique cases of Old English drān, dran, from Proto-West Germanic *drānu, from Proto-Germanic *drēnuz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdraːn(ə)/
(dialectal) IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔːn(ə)/

Noun

drane (plural dranes)

drone (male bee)

Descendants

English: drone
Scots: dron

References

“drāne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old English

Noun

drāne

accusative/genitive/dative singular of drān

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