"dright" meaning in All languages combined

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        "2": "Truchsess",
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        "4": "steward"
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          "word": "drightman"
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          "text": "[…] and Finn's compatriots were of course his subjects; more particularly, his close associates, the members of his dright.",
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          "ref": "1969, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, page 45:",
          "text": "Ancient battle poems show that neither gold nor lofty cause could keep a dright's courage at the sticking point: The warriors needed to be harangued into perseverance, reminded of their obligations to the ring-giver and their ultimate rewards.",
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        "(historical) A multitude; army; host."
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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          "ref": "2001, Diana Wynne Jones, The chronicles of Chrestomanci:",
          "text": "\"Hey, you!\" Christopher called out in the most lordly way he could. \"You there! Take me to the Dright at once!\"",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "text": "[…] and Finn's compatriots were of course his subjects; more particularly, his close associates, the members of his dright.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1969, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, page 45:",
          "text": "Ancient battle poems show that neither gold nor lofty cause could keep a dright's courage at the sticking point: The warriors needed to be harangued into perseverance, reminded of their obligations to the ring-giver and their ultimate rewards.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "2003, 1962, Albert C. Baugh, Kemp Malone, A Literary History of England:",
          "text": "The king shared his goods with the dright and took them into his very household; the dright shielded him with their bodies on the field of battle, and if he fell they fought on, to victory or death, […]",
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        "A multitude; army; host."
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        "(historical) A multitude; army; host."
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɹaɪt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dright"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰrewgʰ- (serve)",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪt",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪt/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "drightness"
    },
    {
      "word": "drightful"
    },
    {
      "word": "drightlike"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰrewgʰ-",
        "id": "serve"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "dright"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English dright",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "dryhten",
        "4": "",
        "5": "a ruler, king, lord, prince, the supreme ruler, the Lord, God, Christ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English dryhten (“a ruler, king, lord, prince, the supreme ruler, the Lord, God, Christ”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*druhtin"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *druhtin",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*druhtinaz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "leader, chief, lord"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz (“leader, chief, lord”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰrewgʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to hold, hold fast, support"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to hold, hold fast, support”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "drichtin"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots drichtin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "drochten",
        "3": "",
        "4": "lord"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian drochten (“lord”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "drohtin",
        "3": "",
        "4": "lord"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon drohtin (“lord”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "truhten"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German truhten",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "drot",
        "3": "",
        "4": "king"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish drot (“king”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "drotten"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish drotten",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "drottinn",
        "3": "",
        "4": "lord, master, ruler, God"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic drottinn (“lord, master, ruler, God”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "ruhtinas",
        "3": "",
        "4": "sovereign prince"
      },
      "expansion": "Finnish ruhtinas (“sovereign prince”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "dryht",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a multitude, an army, company, body of retainers, nation, a people, men"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English dryht (“a multitude, an army, company, body of retainers, nation, a people, men”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ġedryht",
        "3": "",
        "4": "fortune, fate"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ġedryht (“fortune, fate”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "drēogan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to serve in the military, endure"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English drēogan (“to serve in the military, endure”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English dright, driȝt, earlier drihten, from Old English dryhten (“a ruler, king, lord, prince, the supreme ruler, the Lord, God, Christ”), from Proto-West Germanic *druhtin, from Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz (“leader, chief, lord”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to hold, hold fast, support”).\nCognate with Scots drichtin, drichtine (“lord, the Lord”), Old Frisian drochten (“lord”), Old Saxon drohtin (“lord”), Middle High German truhten, trohten (“ruler, lord”), Danish drot (“king”), Swedish drotten, drott (“king, ruler, sovereign”), Icelandic drottinn (“lord, master, ruler, God”), Finnish ruhtinas (“sovereign prince”). Related also to Old English dryht (“a multitude, an army, company, body of retainers, nation, a people, men”), Old English ġedryht (“fortune, fate”), Old English drēogan (“to serve in the military, endure”). More at dree.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "drights",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dright (plural drights)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "drighten"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of drighten"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "drighten",
          "drighten#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2001, Diana Wynne Jones, The chronicles of Chrestomanci:",
          "text": "\"Hey, you!\" Christopher called out in the most lordly way he could. \"You there! Take me to the Dright at once!\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A lord; ruler; chief; leader."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lord",
          "lord"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ],
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ],
        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The Lord; The Lord God; Christ."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Lord",
          "Lord"
        ],
        [
          "God",
          "God"
        ],
        [
          "Christ",
          "Christ"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often capitalised) The Lord; The Lord God; Christ."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "capitalized",
        "often"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɹaɪt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪt"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "drighten"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ],
      "word": "drightin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dright"
}