different between oright vs dright

English

Interjection

oright

1. Pronunciation spelling of alright.

Anagrams

• right-o, righto, roight

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