folc-riht
- noun [ neuter ]
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Arǽre up Godes riht; and heonanforþ lǽte manna gehwylcne, ge earmne ge eádigne, folcrihtes wyrðe, and him man rihte dómas déme
let God's right be exalted; and henceforth let every man, both poor and rich, be worthy of folk-right, and let a man have right dooms judged to him,
- L. C. S. 1 ;
- Th. i. 376, 10: L. Ed. 11 ;
- Th. i. 164, 20: L. Edg. ii. 1 ;
- Th. i. 266, 4: L. Eth. vi. 8 ;
- Th. i. 316, 28.
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Hit he becwæþ mid fullan folcrihte
he bequeathed it with full folk-right,
- L. O. 13 ;
- Th. i. 184, 1: 2 ;
- Th. i. 178, 13.
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To folcryhte
to folk-right,
- L. Ath. i. 2 ;
- Th. i. 200, 7: i. 8 ;
- Th. i. 204, 7: i. 23 ;
- Th. i. 212, 1.
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He him forgeaf wícstede wéligne, folcrihta gehwylc, swá his fæder áhte
he had given him the wealthy dwelling place, every public right, as his father had possessed,
- Beo. Th. 5209 ;
- B. 2608.
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Gesealde wǽpna geweald ofercom mid ðý feónda folcriht
he gave him power of weapons with which he overcame the folkright [liberty] of enemies,
- Cd. 143 ;
- Th. 179, 1 ;
- Exod. 22.
Bosworth, Joseph. “folc-riht.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/11119.
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