dright
/dɹaɪt/
dright noun: a multitude; army; host. Also the alternative form of drighten.
Noun
dright (plural drights)
- A multitude; army; host.
- […] and Finn's compatriots were of course his subjects; more particularly, his close associates, the members of his dright.1943, ELH., volumes 10-12, page 262
- 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.1969, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, page 45
Also used as
dright is also the alternative form of drighten.
Forms of dright
| plural | drights |
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Origin of dright
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.
Words formed from dright
- drightfare
- drightfolk
- drightman
Words that rhyme with dright
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- knight
- slight
- Dwight
- height
- sight
- night
- sprite
- fight
- parasite
- site
- alight
- smite
- all right
- blight
- might
- mite
- skite
- cite
- indite
- lite
- outright
- plight
- bight
- excite
- ignite
- invite
- overnight
- uptight
- wight
- accite
- alright
- benight
- bewrite
- blite
- copyright
- despite
- dight
- disunite
- finite
- flite
- hight
- incite
- recite
- relight
- rewrite
- sleight
- spite
- spright
Questions about dright
- What does dright mean?
- Dright means a multitude; army; host.
- What part of speech is dright?
- Dright is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dright?
- Dright is pronounced /dɹaɪt/.
- What is the plural of dright?
- The plural of dright is drights.
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