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"expansion": "drihten",
"name": "m"
},
{
"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": "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": "sco",
"2": "drichtine",
"3": "",
"4": "lord, the Lord"
},
"expansion": "drichtine (“lord, the Lord”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"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": "gmh",
"2": "trohten",
"3": "",
"4": "ruler, lord"
},
"expansion": "trohten (“ruler, lord”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"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": "sv",
"2": "drott",
"3": "",
"4": "king, ruler, sovereign"
},
"expansion": "drott (“king, ruler, sovereign”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"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"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "dree"
},
"expansion": "dree",
"name": "l"
}
],
"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-Germanic *druhtinaz (“leader, chief, lord”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to hold, hold fast, support”). Cognate 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": "quotation"
}
],
"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"
}
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