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ge-dryht

  • noun [ feminine ]
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ge-dryht, -driht, e; f.
A host, company, band of retainers
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  • Engla gedryht

    a company of angels,

    • Exon. 22 b; Th. 63, 3
    • ;
    • Cri. 1014 : 60 b; Th. 222, 13
    • ;
    • Ph. 348
    • .
  • Ðǽr cyninges giefe brúcaþ eádigra gedryht

    there the band of the blessed enjoy the king's grace,

    • Exon. 32 a; Th. 101, 26
    • ;
    • Cri. 1664
    • .
  • Ðínra secga gedryht

    the band of thy men,

    • Beo. Th. 3349
    • ;
    • B. 1672
    • .
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