drightenとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from 中期英語 drighte, drightin and its etymon 古期英語 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”).

Cognate with Old Frisian drochten (“lord”), Old Saxon drohtin (“lord”), Old High German truhtin, Middle High German truhten, trohten (“ruler, lord”) (obsolete German Trechtin, Trechtein (“lord, God”)), Danish drot (“king”), Swedish drott (“king, ruler, sovereign”), Icelandic dróttinn (“hero, ruler, lord”), Finnish ruhtinas (“sovereign prince”). Related also to 古期英語 dryht (“troop, army”), 古期英語 ġedryht (“troop, body of men”), 古期英語 drēogan (“to serve in the military, endure”). More at dree. By surface analysis, dright (“army, host”) +‎ -en.

発音

• IPA: /ˈdɹaɪ.tən/
  • (General American) IPA: [ˈd(ʒ)ɹaɪ.tɪn], [ˈdʒɹəɪ.ʔɪn]
• 韻: -aɪtən

名詞

drighten (plural drightens)

1. (historical, Anglo-Saxon, Norse mythology, fantasy, paganism or puristic; otherwise obsolete) A lord; ruler; sovereign; chief; leader; prince.
   • 2010, Stephan Grundy, Beowulf:

     Believe me, my drighten, there is not one of us that has ever slacked on watch before!

2. (Can we verify this sense?) (obsolete, usually capitalized) The Lord; Lord God; Christ.

アナグラム

• grindeth