drighten
drighten · drightens
A lord; ruler; sovereign; chief; leader; princeA lord; ruler; sovereign; chief; leader; prince.
/ˈdɹaɪ.tən/
Значение
значений: 2(Norse, историческое)A lord; ruler; sovereign; chief; leader; prince.
(с заглавной буквы, устаревшее, обычно)The Lord; Lord God; Christ.
Происхождение
Borrowed from Middle English drighte, drightin and its etymon Old English dryhten (“a ruleBorrowed from Middle English drighte, drightin and its etymon Old English dryhten (“a ruler, king, lord, prince, the supreme ruler, the Lord, God, Christ”), from Proto-West Germanic *druhtin, from Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz (“leader, chief, lord”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to hold, hold fast, support”).
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