dright

Meaning

Noun

• A multitude; army; host.
• Alternative of drighten
• A lord; ruler; chief; leader.
• The Lord; The Lord God; Christ.

Origin

• From Middle English drihte, from Old English driht, dryht, 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 ("soldier"). Related also to German Truchsess ("steward"), from Middle High German truhtsæze ("chairman of a multitude, steward"), from Old High German truhtsāzzo.
• 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, Old Frisian drochten ("lord"), Old Saxon drohtin ("lord"), Middle High German truhten, trohten, Danish drot ("king"), Swedish drotten, drott, 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.