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forþ-rihte

  • adjective
  • adverb
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Substitute:
of direction,
straight on, without swerving
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  • Forðrihte tó foregetihtgedre stówe

    indeclinabiliter ad destinatum locum,

      Hpt. Gl. 406, 3,
of manner, without modification or
qualification, plainly, simply, directly.
of a title
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  • Sarai is gereht 'Mín ealdor,' ac God hí hét syððan Sarra, þæt is, 'Ealdor,' þæt heó nǽre synderlíce hire hírédes ealdor gecíged, ac forðrihte 'Ealdor,' Hml. Th. i. 92, 19.
  • Ne cwǽdon hí ná Úre Hláford, ne Ðín Hláford, ac forðrihte Hláford,

      210, 2.
of the service in church. Cf. forþ-riht; adj.
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  • Gif hit mycel geférrǽden is, sýn hý mid antefene gesungene, gif seó geférrǽden lytel is, sýn hý forðrihte (

    in directum) bútan sóne gesungene ... ðá sealmas sýn gesungene forðrihte (directanei )

    bútan antefene,
      R. Ben. 41, 7-16.
  • Forþrihte fram cilde gecwedenum

    directo a puero prolato,

      Angl. xiii. 429, 914.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. forthright; adv.]
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  • forþ-rihte, adj.; adv.