different between aright vs dright

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /???a?t/
• Rhymes: -a?t

Etymology 1

From Middle English ari?t, ariht, from Old English ?riht (“aright, properly”), from earlier *an riht, on riht (“rightly”), corresponding to a- +? right.

Adverb

aright (comparative more aright, superlative most aright)

1. Rightly, correctly; in the right way or form.
   • 1818: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley, chapter 24.

     Hear him not; call on the names of William, Justine, Clerval, Elizabeth, my father, and of the wretched Victor, and thrust your sword into his heart. I will hover near and direct the steel aright.
2. (archaic) To or on the right-hand side.
   • 1801, Robert Southey, Thalaba the Destroyer:

     Once more away! and now
     The long descent is seen,
     A long, long, narrow path.
     Ice rocks aright, and hills of snow,
     Aleft the giddy precipice.

Etymology 2

From Middle English arighten, arihten (“to raise up”); and Middle English iri?ten, irihten, ?erihten (“to make right, correct, erect”), from Old English ?erihtan (“to set right”), equivalent to a- +? right.

Verb

aright (third-person singular simple present arights, present participle arighting, simple past and past participle arighted)

1. (transitive) To make right; put right; arrange or treat properly.

Related terms

• eright

References

• aright in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Hartig, TIGHAR, graith

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?a?t/
• Rhymes: -a?t

Etymology 1

From Middle English drihte, from Old English driht, dryht (“a multitude, an army, company, body of retainers, nation, a people, men”), from Proto-Germanic *druhtiz (“troop, following”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?rewg?- (“to hold, hold fast, support”). Cognate with Old Frisian dregte (“people, crowd, escort, retinue, host”), Middle Low German drucht (“band, war-team”), Middle High German truht (“multitude, offspring”), Icelandic drótt (“people, entourage, bodyguard”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????????? (gadrauhts, “soldier”). Related also to German Truchsess (“steward”), from Middle High German truhtsæze (“chairman of a multitude, steward”, literally “sitting one/presider next to/in front of a multitude". The meaning "multitude" survives in present day German in the sense of "representing a court”), from Old High German truhts?zzo.

Noun

dright (plural drights)

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

Derived terms

• drightfare
• drightfolk
• drightman

Etymology 2

From Middle English dright, dri?t, 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 *d?rewg?- (“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 ?edryht (“fortune, fate”), Old English dr?ogan (“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.
3. (often capitalised) The Lord; The Lord God; Christ.

Derived terms

• drightness
• drightful
• drightlike