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riht

  • noun [ neuter ]
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riht, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§86; §231; §426;
that which is straight or
erect, a plumb line
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  • Reht

    perpendiculo,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 26.
that which is straight in a metaphorical sense,
right, law, canon, rule
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  • Mennisc riht jus; gecynde riht jus naturale; ánre burge riht jus civile; ealra þeóda riht jus gentium; cempena riht jus militare; ealdormanna riht

    jus publicum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 5-10.

  • Riht ł Godes riht

    fas,

      38, 71.

  • Scipmanna riht

    rodia lex,

    i.
      20, 50.

  • Reht Rómwala

    jus Quiritum,

      Rtl. 189, 13.

  • Ryhtes wyrðe

    entitled to call in the aid of the law,

      Chart. Th. 170, 3.

  • Godes rihtes wiðerbreca,

      Blickl. Homl. 175, 8.

  • Wiþerwearde Godes beboda and ðæs gástlícan rihtes

    opponents of God's commands and of the spiritual law,

      135, 13.

  • Lufige man Godes riht georne,

      L. Eth. vi. 30; Th. i. 322, 23.

  • Æfter þeáwe árwurðra rihta

    juxta morem canonum venerabilium,

      Bd. 4, 5; S. 572, 5.
what is in accordance with law, human or divine, what is just or proper, right, justice, equity
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  • Ðá cwǽdon ealle ða weotan ðæt mon úðe ðære cyrcan rihtes swá swel swá óðerre ... And Eþelwald cwæð ðæt hé ǽlcre circan aa his dǽla rihtes úðe,

      Chart. Th. 140, 7-16.

  • Hí rihtes ne gýmdon,

      Andr. Kmbl. 278; An. 139.

  • Gif mon ne mihte hí tó rihte gecyrron, ðæt hí heora wóhdǽda geswícan woldan,

      Blickl. Homl. 45, 27.

  • Godes lof mid rihte begán,

      43, 4.

  • Mid rihte Gode þeówian,

      45, 29.

  • Hí mé habbaþ benumen mínes naman ðe ic mid rihte habban sceolde,

      Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 28.

  • On ðínum rihte

    in aequitate tua,

      Ps. Th. 142, 11.

  • Filige rihtlíce ðam rihte

    juste quod justum est persequeris,

      Deut. 16, 20.

  • Démaþ ǽlcon men riht

    quod justum est judicate,

      1, 16.

  • Gif wé sóþ and riht on úrum lífe dón willaþ,

      Blickl. Homl. 129, 32.

  • Hé á tó ǽghwylcum sóþ and riht sprecende wæs and dónde,

      223, 30.

  • On riht

    a-right, by rights, according to what is just or proper

    :-- Healdan Godes ǽwe on riht,
      45, 9, 22.

  • Ðære cyrican on riht þeówian,

      49, 4.

  • Nis eów forboden ðætte ǽhta habban, gif gé ða on riht strénaþ,

      53, 28.

  • Hé férde mid ðám þingum ðe his on riht wǽron quae juris sui erant, Gen. 31, 21. III a.

    what is just in the case of a criminal, just punishment, justice

    :-- Dó ðam þeófe his riht, swá hit ǽr Eádmundes cwide wæs,
      L. Edg. H. 2; Th. i. 258, 9.
what properly belongs to a person, what may justly be claimed, a right, due
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  • Ðá sóna wæs Eþelwald ðæs wordes, ðæt hé nó ðes rihtes (

    the right to certain woodland

    ) wiðsacan wolde,
      Chart. Th. 140, 12.

  • Nelle ic ða rincas rihte benǽman

    I will not deprive the men of what rightly belongs to them,

      Cd. Th. 129, 32; Gen. 2152.

  • Hé hafaþ mec bereáfod rihta gehwylces, feohgestreóna,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1817; El. 910.
what is due from a person, duty
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  • Ðæt biþ ðæs recceres ryht ðæt hé þurh ða stemne his láriówdómes ætiéwe ðæt wuldor ðæs uplícan éðles

    debitum rectoris est supernae patriae gloriam per vocem predicationis ostendere,

      Past. 21, 5; Swt. 159, 22.

  • Ús is riht micel ðæt wé rodera weard wordum herigen (cf. nú wé sceolan (

    debemus

    ) herigean heofonríces weard,
      Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 20), Cd. Th. 1, 1; Gen. 1.
what agrees with a proper standard, what is correct or exact, the rights of a case, the truth
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  • h and k geendiaþ on

    a

    æfter rihte,
      Ælfc. Gr. 2; Som. 3. 4.

  • Hé ne mæg beón æfter rihte gecweden, búton ðæt andgit beó ǽr foresǽd,

      15; Som. 18, 43.

  • Se ðe secgan wile sóþ æfter rihte,

      Ben. Th. 2103; B. 1049.

  • Ðæt wíf sǽde him eall ðæt riht

    dixit ei omnem veritatem,

      Mk. Skt. 5, 33.

  • Ðæt hé be ðære róde riht getǽhte,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1199; El. 601.

  • Hé fram Sce Pauline ðæt riht (

    rationem

    ) leornade ðæs hálgan geleáfan,
      Bd. 2, 9; S. 512, 9.

  • On riht a-right, correctly, properly :-- Ne eart ðú fullfremedlíce ne on riht gefullad

    non es perfecte baptizatus,

      5, 6; S. 620, 6.

  • Gif ic ðíne unrótnesse on riht ongiten hæbbe,

      Bt. 7, 1; Fox 16, 7.
an account, a reckoning; ratio, mostly in such phrases as riht ágildan
to render an account
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  • Hió ágeofaþ be ðæm reht

    reddent rationem de eo,

      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 12, 36: Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 2.

  • Hé sceal ealra his dóma riht ágyldan beforan ðæm rihtwísan déman on dómesdæge,

      R. Ben. 16, 7.

  • Hé sceal mid his sáwle ánre Gode riht ágyldan ealles ðæs ðe hé on worlde tó wommum gefremede,

      Blickl. Homl. 113, 3.

  • Wé sceolan riht ágyldan for ealles úres lífes dǽdum,

      63, 31.

  • Reht setta

    rationem ponere,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 18, 23.

  • Hyra lífes riht,

      Exon. Th. 84, 18; Cri. 1375.

  • Ǽnige rihte áræfnan

    ulla ratione tolerare,

      Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 30.
Etymology
[O. Sax. reht : O. Frs. riucht : O. H. Ger. reht jus, justitia, judicium, aequitas, rectitudo, ratio : Icel. réttr; m. right, law; due, claim.]
Similar entries
v. ǽ-, eald-, éðel-, folc-, ge-, land-, leód-, níd-, on-, sundor-, swǽn-, un-, word-, woruld-riht ; and á-riht.
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v.  ryht á-riht a-riht reht.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/25806.

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