Old English Dictionary Entry

Folc-dryht

Part of speech: -driht, e;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 folc-dryht

f. [dryht, driht a multitude] A multitude of people, an assemblage; pŏpŭli multĭtūdo, cŏmĭtātus :-- Folcdryht wera bifóran before the assemblage of men, Exon. 23b; Th. 66, 5; Cri. 1067. Folcdriht, Cd. 64; Th. 76, 24; Gen. 1262. folc-dryht

Similar Words

'feallend-lic
-fá
-fandigendlic
-farenness
-feald

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᛚᚳ-ᛞᚱᚣᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Cri.: Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.: Exeter Book
Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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