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un-riht

  • adjective
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Grammar
un-riht, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§588;
Wrong, evil, bad, unjust, unlawful, depraved, perverse
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  • Ic eom geþafa ðæt hit náuht unriht wǽre ðæt mon ða yfelwillendan men héte nétenu

    fateor nec injuries dici video vitiosos in belluas mutari,

    • Bt. 38, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 196, 17.

  • Ic geléfe ðætte ǽlc unriht wítnung sié ðæs yfel ðe hit déþ, næs ðæs ðe hit þafaþ

    apparet, illatam cuilibet injuriam non accipientis, sed inferentis esse miseriam,

    • 38, 6
      • ;
    • Fox 208, 20.

  • Unreht,

    • 37, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 188, 7.

  • Se yfla, unrihta willa wóhhǽmetes

    voluptas,

    • Met. 18, 1.

  • Of unrihtum wege

    de via iniquitatis,

    • Ps. Th. 106, 16.

  • Gif hwá geniéd sié oþþe tó hláfordsearwe oþþe tó ǽngum unryhtum fultume,

    • L. Alf. pol. i. 60, 5.

  • Unryhtre ǽ

    unlawful marriage,

    • Exon. Th. 260, 14
      • ;
    • Jul. 297.

  • Hé gedwolan fylde, unrihte ǽ

    idolatry,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2081
      • ;
    • El. 1042.

  • Ic wundrige for hwí swá rihtwís déma ǽnige unrihte gife wille forgifan,

    • Bt. 38, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 202, 10.

  • Tuoege wóhfullo ł unrehto

    duo nequam,

    • Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 32.

  • Unræhto (-rehte, Rush.) ł wóh

    praua,

    • 3, 5.

  • Ða unrihtan men,

    • Blickl. Homl. 231, 10.

  • Áblinnan fram heora unrihtum gestreónum,

    • 25, 5.

  • Cynewulf benam Sigebryht his ríces for unryhtum dǽdum,

    • Chr. 755
      • ;
    • Erl. 48, 19.

  • Mid hiera unryhtum bisenum

    per exemplum pravi operis,

    • Past. 9
      • ;
    • Swt. 59, 18.

  • Fram sumum unrihtum láreówum

    a quibusdam perversis doctoribus,

    • Bd. 2, 15
      • ;
    • S. 518, 30.

  • Unrihte wegas ealle

    omnem viam iniquitatis,

    • Ps. Th. 118, 104.

  • Unrihte gemeta and wóge gewihta áweorpe man,

    • Wulfst. 70, 3.

  • Ða unrehtan

    iniqua,

    • Ps. Surt. 9, 24.
Etymology
[
O. Frs. un-riucht
:
O. Sax. un-reht
:
O. H. Ger. un-reht improbus, injustus, iniquus, vitiosus
:
Icel. ú-réttr.
]
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v.  un-reht.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “un-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/33622.

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