"dright" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɹaɪt/ Forms: drights [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: From Middle English drihte, from Old English driht, dryht (“a multitude, an army, company, body of retainers, nation, a people, men”), from Proto-West Germanic *druhti, from Proto-Germanic *druhtiz (“troop, following”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to hold, hold fast, support”). Cognate with Old Frisian dregte (“people, crowd, escort, retinue, host”), Middle Low German drucht (“band, war-team”), Middle High German truht (“multitude, offspring”), Icelandic drótt (“people, entourage, bodyguard”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 (gadrauhts, “soldier”). Related also to German Truchsess (“steward”), from Middle High German truhtsæze (“chairman of a multitude, steward”, literally “sitting one/presider next to/in front of a multitude". The meaning "multitude" survives in present day German in the sense of "representing a court”), from Old High German truhtsāzzo. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰrewgʰ-|id=serve}}, {{inh|en|enm|drihte}} Middle English drihte, {{inh|en|ang|driht}} Old English driht, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*druhti}} Proto-West Germanic *druhti, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*druhtiz||troop, following}} Proto-Germanic *druhtiz (“troop, following”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*dʰrewgʰ-||to hold, hold fast, support}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to hold, hold fast, support”), {{cog|ofs|dregte||people, crowd, escort, retinue, host}} Old Frisian dregte (“people, crowd, escort, retinue, host”), {{cog|gml|drucht||band, war-team}} Middle Low German drucht (“band, war-team”), {{cog|gmh|truht||multitude, offspring}} Middle High German truht (“multitude, offspring”), {{cog|is|drótt||people, entourage, bodyguard}} Icelandic drótt (“people, entourage, bodyguard”), {{cog|got|𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃||soldier}} Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 (gadrauhts, “soldier”), {{cog|de|Truchsess||steward}} German Truchsess (“steward”), {{cog|gmh|truhtsæze||chairman of a multitude, steward|lit=sitting one/presider next to/in front of a multitude". The meaning "multitude" survives in present day German in the sense of "representing a court}} Middle High German truhtsæze (“chairman of a multitude, steward”, literally “sitting one/presider next to/in front of a multitude". The meaning "multitude" survives in present day German in the sense of "representing a court”), {{cog|goh|truhtsāzzo}} Old High German truhtsāzzo Head templates: {{en-noun}} dright (plural drights)
  1. (historical) A multitude; army; host. Tags: historical Derived forms: drightfare, drightfolk, drightman
    Sense id: en-dright-en-noun-VdwD3fMD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /dɹaɪt/ Forms: drights [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: 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”). 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰrewgʰ-|id=serve}}, {{inh|en|enm|dright}} Middle English dright, {{inh|en|ang|dryhten||a ruler, king, lord, prince, the supreme ruler, the Lord, God, Christ}} Old English dryhten (“a ruler, king, lord, prince, the supreme ruler, the Lord, God, Christ”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*druhtin}} Proto-West Germanic *druhtin, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*druhtinaz||leader, chief, lord}} Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz (“leader, chief, lord”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*dʰrewgʰ-||to hold, hold fast, support}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to hold, hold fast, support”), {{cog|sco|drichtin}} Scots drichtin, {{cog|ofs|drochten||lord}} Old Frisian drochten (“lord”), {{cog|osx|drohtin||lord}} Old Saxon drohtin (“lord”), {{cog|gmh|truhten}} Middle High German truhten, {{cog|da|drot||king}} Danish drot (“king”), {{cog|sv|drotten}} Swedish drotten, {{cog|is|drottinn||lord, master, ruler, God}} Icelandic drottinn (“lord, master, ruler, God”), {{cog|fi|ruhtinas||sovereign prince}} Finnish ruhtinas (“sovereign prince”), {{cog|ang|dryht||a multitude, an army, company, body of retainers, nation, a people, men}} Old English dryht (“a multitude, an army, company, body of retainers, nation, a people, men”), {{cog|ang|ġedryht||fortune, fate}} Old English ġedryht (“fortune, fate”), {{cog|ang|drēogan||to serve in the military, endure}} Old English drēogan (“to serve in the military, endure”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} dright (plural drights)
  1. Alternative form of drighten Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: drighten
    Sense id: en-dright-en-noun-pvr1167-
  2. A lord; ruler; chief; leader.
    Sense id: en-dright-en-noun-t5fdSvVi
  3. (often capitalised) The Lord; The Lord God; Christ. Tags: capitalized, often
    Sense id: en-dright-en-noun-mKQIvepL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 19 6 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 9 7 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 4 4 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: drighten, drightin [Scotland] Derived forms: drightness, drightful, drightlike
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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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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      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *druhti",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*druhtiz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "troop, following"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "*dʰrewgʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to hold, hold fast, support"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to hold, hold fast, support”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "dregte",
        "3": "",
        "4": "people, crowd, escort, retinue, host"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "drucht",
        "3": "",
        "4": "band, war-team"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German drucht (“band, war-team”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "truht",
        "3": "",
        "4": "multitude, offspring"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German truht (“multitude, offspring”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "drótt",
        "3": "",
        "4": "people, entourage, bodyguard"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic drótt (“people, entourage, bodyguard”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃",
        "3": "",
        "4": "soldier"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 (gadrauhts, “soldier”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Truchsess",
        "3": "",
        "4": "steward"
      },
      "expansion": "German Truchsess (“steward”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "truhtsæze",
        "3": "",
        "4": "chairman of a multitude, steward",
        "lit": "sitting one/presider next to/in front of a multitude\". The meaning \"multitude\" survives in present day German in the sense of \"representing a court"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German truhtsæze (“chairman of a multitude, steward”, literally “sitting one/presider next to/in front of a multitude\". The meaning \"multitude\" survives in present day German in the sense of \"representing a court”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "truhtsāzzo"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German truhtsāzzo",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English drihte, from Old English driht, dryht (“a multitude, an army, company, body of retainers, nation, a people, men”), from Proto-West Germanic *druhti, from Proto-Germanic *druhtiz (“troop, following”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to hold, hold fast, support”).\nCognate with Old Frisian dregte (“people, crowd, escort, retinue, host”), Middle Low German drucht (“band, war-team”), Middle High German truht (“multitude, offspring”), Icelandic drótt (“people, entourage, bodyguard”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 (gadrauhts, “soldier”). Related also to German Truchsess (“steward”), from Middle High German truhtsæze (“chairman of a multitude, steward”, literally “sitting one/presider next to/in front of a multitude\". The meaning \"multitude\" survives in present day German in the sense of \"representing a court”), from Old High German truhtsāzzo.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "drights",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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          "ref": "1943, ELH., volumes 10-12, page 262:",
          "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"
        },
        {
          "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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        }
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        "A multitude; army; host."
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          "army",
          "army"
        ],
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          "host",
          "host"
        ]
      ],
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        "(historical) A multitude; army; host."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɹaɪt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dright"
}

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    "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"
  ],
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      "word": "drightness"
    },
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      "word": "drightful"
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      "word": "drightlike"
    }
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      "name": "root"
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
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      "expansion": "Scots drichtin",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "drochten",
        "3": "",
        "4": "lord"
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      "expansion": "Old Frisian drochten (“lord”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "drohtin",
        "3": "",
        "4": "lord"
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      "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"
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      "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.",
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    {
      "form": "drights",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "drighten"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of drighten"
      ],
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        [
          "drighten",
          "drighten#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        "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!\"",
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        }
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        "A lord; ruler; chief; leader."
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          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ],
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          "chief",
          "chief"
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        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The Lord; The Lord God; Christ."
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        [
          "Lord",
          "Lord"
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        [
          "God",
          "God"
        ],
        [
          "Christ",
          "Christ"
        ]
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        "(often capitalised) The Lord; The Lord God; Christ."
      ],
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        "capitalized",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/dɹaɪt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪt"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "drighten"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ],
      "word": "drightin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dright"
}

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