dryhten

Would English-speaking life today be somewhat different had words like wuldor, scop, dryhten, hyge, and līc or “glory,” “poet-singer,” “lord,” “thought,” and “body” survived as well?

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

Would English-speaking life today be somewhat different had words like wuldor, scop, dryhten, hyge, and līc or “glory,” “poet-singer,” “lord,” “thought,” and “body” survived as well?

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

Mæg þonne geþencan, þæt geond þas woruld witig dryhten wendeþ geneahhe, eorle monegum are gesceawað, wislicne blæd, sumum weana dæl.

Friday Poetry Blogging: Deor Heo 2006

Mæg þonne geþencan, þæt geond þas woruld witig dryhten wendeþ geneahhe, eorle monegum are gesceawað, wislicne blæd, sumum weana dæl.

Archive 2006-05-01 Heo 2006

Ac him dryhten forgeaf wîg-spêda gewiofu, Wedera leódum frôfor and fultum, þät hie feónd heora

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

Gesät þâ wið sylfne, se þâ säcce genäs, mæg wið mæge, syððan man-dryhten

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

Hêht him þâ gewyrcean wîgendra hleó eall-îrenne, eorla dryhten

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

Geáta gongan; gum-dryhten mid môdig on gemonge meodo-wongas träd.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

Gewât þâ twelfa sum torne gebolgen dryhten Geáta dracan sceáwian; häfde þâ gefrunen, hwanan sió fæhð ârâs,

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

Geáta dryhten, gryre-fâhne slôh incge lâfe, þät sió ecg gewâc brûn on bâne, bât unswîðor,

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879