droghte

Etymology
From the oblique forms of (and the variant ), from ; equivalent to. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Forms with and  result from early syncope in the Old English nominative singular, then levelling of the resulting consonantism to the oblique forms, while forms with  reflect either later syncope or the consonantism of the oblique forms (from Old English ). Finally, forms in represent either loss of  or final devoicing of. undefined Shortening of the long vowel was regular in all variants of this word in Late Old English, either due to the trisyllabicity of inflected forms or because of the following consonant cluster; variants with a long vowel can represent either development of to  or lengthening before. In some varieties of Middle English, was apparently lowered before ; standard English does not continue such forms, but they underlie.

Noun

 * 1) Drought; an absence of rain.
 * 2) Aridity; an absence of water.
 * 3) Inherent "dryness" according to the medieval worldview.
 * 4)  Thirstiness; a bodily need of water.
 * 1)  Thirstiness; a bodily need of water.