Dright vs Dight - What's the difference?
dright | dight |
A lord; ruler; chief; leader.
*2001 , Diana Wynne Jones, The chronicles of Chrestomanci :
(often capitalised) The Lord; The Lord God; Christ.
(obsolete) To deal with, handle.
(obsolete) To have sexual intercourse with.
(obsolete) To dispose, put (in a given state or condition).
(obsolete) To compose, make.
*14thc. , Anonymous, (The Chester Mystery Plays) ,
*:Japhet's Wife: And I will gather chippes here / To make a fyer for you in feare, / And for to dighte your dinnere / Agayne you come in.
(archaic) To furnish, equip.
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*:And whan balyn was wepenles he ranne in to a chamber for to seke somme wepen / and soo fro chamber to chamber / and no wepen he coude fynde / and alweyes kynge Pellam after hym / And at the last he entryd in to a chambyr that was merueillously wel dy?te and rychely
(archaic) To dress, array; to adorn.
*1645 , John Milton, L'Allegro :
*:Right against the eastern gate, / Where the great sun begins his state, / Robed in flames, and amber light, / The clouds in thousand liveries dight .
(archaic) To make ready, prepare.
As a noun dright
is (obsolete) a multitude; army; host or dright can be .As a verb dight is
(obsolete|transitive) to deal with, handle.dright
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) drihte, from (etyl) driht, .Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) dright, . More at (l).Alternative forms
* (l) * (l) (Scotland)Noun
(en noun)- "Hey, you!" Christopher called out in the most lordly way he could. "You there! Take me to the Dright at once!"
Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l)dight
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Verb
Noah's Flood,: