English

Noun

dright ‎(plural drights)

1. (obsolete) A multitude; army; host.

Derived terms

• drightfare
• drightfolk
• drightman

Etymology 2

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 ‎(“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 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.

Alternative forms

• drighten
• drightin (Scotland)

Noun

dright ‎(plural 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.

Derived terms

• drightness
• drightful
• drightlike