Meanings

1. 1

   archaicAn epithet for Satan.

   Trotz dem alten Drachen, trotz des Todes Rachen, trotz der Furcht darzu! Tobe Welt und springe, ich steh hier und singe in gar sichrer Ruh.Despite the old dragon, despite the jaws of death, despite even [all] the fear! Rage, o world, and shatter: [for] I stand here and sing, quite secure in serenity.

2. 2

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see alter, Drache.