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rihtlíce

  • adverb
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rihtlíce, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§298;
rightly, justly, with justice or quity
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  • Rihtlíce, rihtlícor, rihtlícost

    juste, justius, justissime,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 38
      • ;
    • Som. 40, 50
      • .

  • Him getímode swíðe rihtlíce ðæt hí mid hiora árleásan hláforde ealle forwurdon,

      Homl. Th. i. 88, 30.

  • Ðú rihtlíce dǽlest mete ðínum mannum,

      Hy. 7, 70,
rightly, in a manner which suits the circumstances of a case
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  • Swíðe ryhtlíce hit wæs áwriten æfter ðǽm nítenum ðæt ða heargas wǽron átiéfrede

    recte post animalia idola describuntur,

    • Past. 21, 3
      • ;
    • Swt. 157, 6 : 21, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 163, 21
      • .

  • Æfter ðon wé singaþ rihtlíce on his lof : 'Hǽl ús on ðǽm héhstan,'

    • Blickl. Homl. 81, 27.

  • Hú ne belimpþ se weorþscipe tó ðam ðe hine geweorþaþ? ðæt is tó herianne hwéne rihtlícor,

    • Bt. 14, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 46, 13
      • .
rightly, in accordance with rules or regulations, regularly
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  • Gewunelíce ł rihtlíce

    rite,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 38
      • ;
    • Som. 41, 44
      • .

  • Rihtlíce gehálgad

    canonice ordinatus,

    • Bd. 3, 28
      • ;
    • S. 560, 28
      • .

  • Ða þénunge hé rihtlíce gefyllan ne mihte

    ministerium regulariter implere nequibat,

    • 5, 6
      • ;
    • S. 620, 9
      • .

  • Gif hé rihtlíce Cristen beón wille,

    in such a way as to observe the rules imposed by Christianity

    • 4, 5
      • ;
    • S. 573, 18
      • .

  • Ða munecas beádon hine ðæt hé sceolde healdan hí rihtlíce,

    the abbot

    • Chr. 1083
      • ;
    • Erl. 217, 5
      • .

  • Ða witan cwǽdon ðæt him nán leófre hláford nǽre ðonne heora gecynde hláford gif hé hí rihtlícor healdan wolde ðonne hé ǽr dyde,

    if he would rule with better observance of the laws

    • 1014
      • ;
    • Erl. 150, 7.
rightly as regards conduct
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  • Wé sceolan gód weorc wyricean and rihtíice libban,

      Blickl. Homl. 75, 13 : 109, 13.

  • Riht is ðæt gehádode men ðám lǽwedum wísian hú hí heora ǽwe rihtlícost sculon healdan,

    • L. I. P. 22
      • ;
    • Th. i. 332, 28
      • .
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v. on-rihtlíce.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “rihtlíce.” 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/25845.

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