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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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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “forþ-rihte.” 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/46072.

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  • forþ-rihte, adj.; adv.

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