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dryht-guma

  • noun [ masculine ]
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dryht-guma, driht-guma, an ; m.
A popular man, man of the people, warrior, retainer, follower, - pl. men, people; vir popŭlāris vel nŏbĭlis, mīles, sătelles, - hŏmĭnes
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  • Semninga biþ, ðæt, ðec, dryhtguma, ðeáþ ofer-swýðeþ

    suddenly it will be, that thee, warrior, death overpowers,

    • Beo. Th. 3540
      • ;
    • B. 1768
      • .

  • Druncne dryhtguman dóþ swá ic bidde

    the drunken retainers do as I bid,

    • 2466
      • ;
    • B. 1231
      • .

  • Weccaþ of deáþe dryhtgumena bearn, eall monna cynn

    the sons of men, all mankind, shall wake from death,

    • Exon. 20 b
      • ;
    • Th. 55,
      • 22;
    • Cri. 887
      • .

  • Beóþ módsefan dálum gedǽled, sindon dryhtguman ungelíce

    dispositions are by parts distributed, people are unlike,

    83 b;
    • Th. 314,
      • 31;
    • Mód. 22, 79 a
      • ;
    • Th. 297,
      • 23;
    • Cri. 72
      • .
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v.  driht-guma dryht-mann.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “dryht-guma.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/8055.

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