drūt Posted on November 21, 2024 by Hana Videen drūt, f.n: a friend, beloved one. (DROOT / ˈdruːt) Share this:Share Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Like Loading... Related
does this have the same meaning as ‘good friend’ in the historical sense sense does? I.E. ‘lover’ LikeLike
It’s hard to say since it’s a hapax legomenon (only appears once in the entire corpus of OE literature). Its one usage describes the Virgin Mary as godes drut, i.e. ‘God’s beloved’. LikeLike
Old English Wordhord 
Like Russian друг pronounced droog
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does this have the same meaning as ‘good friend’ in the historical sense sense does? I.E. ‘lover’
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It’s hard to say since it’s a hapax legomenon (only appears once in the entire corpus of OE literature). Its one usage describes the Virgin Mary as godes drut, i.e. ‘God’s beloved’.
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