Dryhten
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Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the noun dryhten. Compare the Icelandic cognate Drottinn, which has the same usage and meaning.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Dryhten m
- the Lord
- Blickling Homilies, "St. Andrew"
- Mid þȳ sē hālga Andreas þanon wæs farende, him ætīewde Dryhten Hǣlend Crist on þām weġe on ansīene fæġeres ċildes.
- While St. Andrew was on his way out of town, the Lord Jesus Christ appeared to him on the road in the form of a beautiful child.
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
- Ūre Dryhten ġemetegode his sprǣċe mid swīgan beforan his þeġnum þā hē cwæþ, "Fela iċ hæbbe ēow tō seċġenne, ac ġē hit ne magon nū ġīet āberan."
- Our Lord restrained his speech with silence when he told his disciples, "I have a lot to tell you, but you can't handle it yet."
- Blickling Homilies, "St. Andrew"
Declension[edit]
Declension of Dryhten (strong a-stem)