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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

KRA'KEN, n. A supposed enormous sea animal.

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural krakens or kraken) Etymology: Norwegian dialect Date: 1755 a fabulous Scandinavian sea monster

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a large mythical sea-monster said to appear off the coast of Norway. Etymology: Norw.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Kraken Kra"ken, n. [Prob. from OSw. krake, or ODan. krage the trunk of a tree, the branches of which are not entirely cut off, to which it was likened by the Norwegian mariners.] A fabulous Scandinavian sea monster, often represented as resembling an island, but sometimes as resembling an immense octopus. To believe all that has been said of the sea serpent or kraken, would be credulity; to reject the possibility of their existence, would be presumption. --Goldsmith. Like a kraken huge and black. --Longfellow.