dryhten
Old English
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editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz. Cognate with Old Frisian drochten, Old Saxon drohtin, Old High German truhtin, Old Norse dróttinn.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdryhten m
- (poetic) a lord
- Alternative letter-case form of Dryhten
Usage notes
edit- In prose, the word for "lord" is hlāford, unless referring to the Lord (i.e. God), in which case the proper noun Dryhten is used.
Declension
editDeclension of dryhten (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
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- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰrewgʰ- (serve)
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English nouns
- Old English masculine nouns
- Old English poetic terms
- Old English masculine a-stem nouns
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