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dryht

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
dryht, driht,e ; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§390;
A people, multitude, army, in pl. men; pŏpŭlus, multĭtūdo, căterva, fămĭlia, hŏmĭnes
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  • Dryhtum to nytte

    for use to people,

    • Exon. 11 3a
    • ;
    • Th. 433,
    • 25;
    • Rä. 51,
    • 2.
  • Ic dryhtum þeówige

    I serve multitudes,

    104 a;
    • Th. 394,
    • 9;
    • Rä 13, 15 : Cd. 146
    • ;
    • Th. 182,
    • 21;
    • Exod. 79
    • .
  • Ðæt ðý ðeáþ-drepe drihta [MS. drihte] swǽfon

    that the armies slept in the swoon of death,

    • Cd. 167
    • ;
    • Th. 209,
    • 7;
    • Exod. 495 : 217
    • ;
    • Th. 275,
    • 26;
    • Sat. 177
    • .
  • Drihta bearnum

    to the children of men,

    • 47
    • ;
    • Th. 61,
    • 6;
    • Gen. 993 : Exon. 95 b
    • ;
    • Th. 357,
    • 7;
    • Pa. 25
    • .
Etymology
[
Laym. drihte retinue :
O. Sax. druht, only in composition, as druht-folc comĭtātus, pŏpŭlus :
Frs. dregte :
O. Frs. dracht, drecht :
M. H. Ger. O. H. Ger. truht, trut, f. multitude :
Icel. drótt, f. pŏpŭlus
.
v. Goth. ga-drauhts, m. a soldier, from driugan to do military service :
A. Sax. dreógan
.]
Derived forms
folc-dryht, -driht, mago-, gedryht, hí-, hý-, sib-, wil-
Linked entries
v.  ge-dryht driht driht-ealdor.
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