droghte

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English drūgaþ, from dryġe (“dry”).

Noun

droghte (plural droghtes)

1. drought
   • 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 1-2.

     Whan in Aprill, with his shoures soote

     The droghte of March hath perced to the roote

Descendants

• Scots: drocht
• English: drought, drouth