drightとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English drihte, from 古期英語 driht, dryht (“a multitude, an army, company, body of retainers, nation, a people, men”), 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 ������������������ (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.

名詞

dright (複数形 drights)

1. (historical) A multitude; army; host.
   • 1943, ELH., volume 10-12, page 262:

     […] and Finn's compatriots were of course his subjects; more particularly, his close associates, the members of his dright.

   • 1969, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, page 45:

     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.

   • 2003, 1962, Albert C. Baugh, ‎Kemp Malone, A Literary History of England:

     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, […]

派生語

• drightfare
• drightfolk
• drightman

語源 2

From Middle English dright, driȝt, earlier drihten, from 古期英語 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 古期英語 dryht (“a multitude, an army, company, body of retainers, nation, a people, men”), 古期英語 ġedryht (“fortune, fate”), 古期英語 drēogan (“to serve in the military, endure”). More at dree.

別の表記

• drighten
• drightin (Scotland)

名詞

dright (複数形 drights)

1. Alternative form of drighten
2. A lord; ruler; chief; leader.
   • 2001, Diana Wynne Jones, The chronicles of Chrestomanci:

     "Hey, you!" Christopher called out in the most lordly way he could. "You there! Take me to the Dright at once!"

3. (often capitalised) The Lord; The Lord God; Christ.

派生語

• drightness
• drightful
• drightlike