† dreightn.

Forms: late Middle English dreȝt, late Middle English dreight, late Middle English driȝt.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dreich adj., -th suffix¹.

Etymology: Apparently < dreich adj. + -th suffix¹ (compare -t suffix³ 2).

Obsolete.

Length or duration in time; the whole or greater part of a period of time. day of the dreight: the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. Cf. dreich n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > [noun] > long duration or lasting through time > a long time

seven daysOE

a while1297

dreichc1440

dreightc1450

yearsa1470

age1577

week1597

montha1616

patriarch's age1693

length1697

eternity1700

a month of Sundays1759

a week of Sundays1822

a week of Saturdays1831

dog's age1833

forever1833

while1836

aeon1880

donkey's years1916

light year1929

yonks1968

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 4874 Þe driȝt of daies foure score.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 1112 Vndo þe dreȝt [a1500 Trin. Dublin droȝt] of þi days.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 161^v When þe season of somur was set at the last And the day of þe dreight dryuyn vppo long.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	dreight
释义	† dreightn. Forms: late Middle English dreȝt, late Middle English dreight, late Middle English driȝt. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dreich adj., -th suffix¹. Etymology: Apparently < dreich adj. + -th suffix¹ (compare -t suffix³ 2). Obsolete. Length or duration in time; the whole or greater part of a period of time. day of the dreight: the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. Cf. dreich n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [noun] > long duration or lasting through time > a long time seven daysOE a while1297 dreichc1440 dreightc1450 yearsa1470 age1577 week1597 montha1616 patriarch's age1693 length1697 eternity1700 a month of Sundays1759 a week of Sundays1822 a week of Saturdays1831 dog's age1833 forever1833 while1836 aeon1880 donkey's years1916 light year1929 yonks1968 c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 4874 Þe driȝt of daies foure score. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 1112 Vndo þe dreȝt [a1500 Trin. Dublin droȝt] of þi days. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 161^v When þe season of somur was set at the last And the day of þe dreight dryuyn vppo long. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1450
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