Hello. I'm coming up with a new, just slightly more imaginative and unique nickname, and it's going to have "dragon" in it as well.

Only this time I chose Old Norse, so I have a question about it. Which one is correct: dreki or draki?

Google brings up both words. Draki has many more results, but most reputable-looking sources use dreki (as in current Icelandic).

I'm also making a new e-mail for it, and I want the Groupees bundle in it, so time is limited. Can anyone clear this up for me? Thanks!

I'd steer clear of it, sounds close to "shit" in some languages.

AFAIK there is more correct then the other, it is just as well a matter of dialect. I would go for draki, as Icelandic is the closest we have to old Norse, as well as being closest to the other nordic languages (drage/drake) .

That's certainly something to think about =P I prefer how it sounds, as well. I just wanted to be sure if Dreki wansn't right-er.

I am not sure if you can say one is more correct then the other. For example from Snorre: "Var það dreki og ger eftir því sem Ormur sá er konungur hafði haft af Hálogalandi en þetta skip var miklu meira og að öllum hlutum meir vandað." where dreki is used in relation to the dragon boats (long boats). However, draki is the word I have seen used most also.

Just a visual aid ;)

Thanks, amok. If i don't get a good opposing argument, I'm going with Draki. At least slovenians won't laugh at me!

The Norwegian word for "dragon" is "drage", so I'd go with "Draki".

It is very possible that both "draki" and "dreki" were used. Norway is a country where local variations exist of almost any word because there are so many dialects there.

According to me dictionary, the Norwegian word 'drage' comes from the Old Norse form 'dreki'. However, I'm 0retty certain both forms have been used at some point.

They may well both be correct. There may even have been more words for it, as I don't really think that there was one unified language.

I do like Dreki better, though the meaning in other languages could be a problem.

If you want to be all clever and cool, a Norwegian Finnish dragon would be "laksorm" (at least according to some internet dictionary thing, I don't speak Norwegian) ;p

Wikipedia also claims that Orm's Old Norse for dragon, among other things.

Today, the word "orm" is one of to words for "snake", the other, much more commonly used one being "slange". There is a slight distinction between the two words, (they point at two different types or categories of snakes,) but I don't know exactly what that distinction is.

"Laksorm" really doesn't sound very cool. It might have meant "dragon" at some point, but today, I think most people would think of a salmon-snake (whatever that is :p). ("Laks" is the Norwegian word for "salmon".)

In conclusion, if Dragobr wants a name that actually makes people think of dragons, I think it would be safer to go with "draki" or "dreki". :)

It probably never meant a dragon in Norwegian, but for some reason Finns decided to call dragons salmon-snakes. Probably because it strikes fear into people's hearts.

I agree that if he's being even the tiniest bit serious, draki or dreki is much better :)

Old Norse did not really have dragons, as the traditional English, but giant worms. Especially worms that spew acid and have acid for blood. Or the really large kind, like Midgardsormen. The closest you get is probably Nidhogg, which according to Völuspá eats the roots of Yggdrasil.

Yeah, I found orm (or ormr) too, but it indeed seemed more related to snakes, and doesn't sound very draconic, so I didn't consider it.

Well, Draki it is, then. If someone ever says it's wrong, I'll claim poetic license in the name of familiarity!

Nidhogg is called a dragon, and is said to have wings, even while being serpent-ish.

I've never seen Jormungandr being called a dragon, however.