Old English · noun
weroda drihten
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Modern English
- hosts
Meaning
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Lord of Hosts (title for God)
Ne widcweðe iċ, Drihten, tō deorfenne gȳt, ġif iċ nȳdbehefe eom gȳt ðīnum folce; ne iċ ne belādiġe gȳt mē for ylde: bēo ðīn willa ā, weroda Drihten!
I do not refuse, O Lord, to yet labor, if I am needed by your people; nor will I yet excuse myself on account of my age: let your will be forever, Lord of Hosts!
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Etymology
From weroda (“of armies”) + drihten (“lord”)
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