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to make straight (lit. or fig. )
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  • Hé

    (John)

    Crístes wegas gerihtlǽhte mid wordum,
      Hml. S. 16, 96.

  • Sceal gehwá gerihtlǽcan þæt þæt hé ǽr tó woge gebígde, Hml. Th. i. 8, 14.

    via iustorum recta facto est,

    þæt is þǽra rihtwísra wæg is gerihtlǽced,
      Hml. S. 2, 61.
to direct.
to cause to move in a certain direction (lit. or fig. ), to an end or purpose
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  • Is óðer wiðerwinna ðe ús wyle gerihtlǽcan fram úrum unðeáwum . . . Þát is Godes word þe ús gewissian sceal,

      Hml. A. 5, 125.

  • Gyf wǽron gerihtlǽhte

    (dirigantur)

    wegas míne tó gehealdenne rihtwísnessa,
      Ps. L. 118, 5.
to regulate the course of, guide, instruct a person,
advise
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  • Hí heora lífes ðeáwas æfter Godes bebodum gerihtlǽcað,

      Hml. Th. i. 536, 24.

  • Weorc úra handa gerihtlǽc

    (dirige)

    ofer ús,
      Ps. L. 89, 17.

  • Þæt wé úre ðeáwas be his bebodum gerihtlǽcon,

      Hml. Th. i. 578, 32.

  • Gif ðú nelt gerihtlǽcan þone unrihtwísan wer and him sylfum secgan his unrihtwísnesse (

    si non annunciaveris impio, neque locutus fueris ut avertatur a via sua impia,

    Ezechiel
      3, 18), Hml. A. 12, 300.

  • Sé þe behýd scylda his ná byð gerihtlǽht,

      Scint. 37, 7.

  • Hú hé his ágen líf gerihtlǽcan mid rihtre ǽfestnesse,

      Lch. iii. 438, 30.
to correct.
a person,
to reform, amend
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  • God gerihtlǽcð ðá synfullan and hylt ðá gódan,

      Hml. S. 21, 93.

  • Lár þín gestýrde ł gerihtlǽhte

    (correxit)

    mé,
      Ps. L. 17, 36.

  • Þá hwíle þe wé magon ús gerihtlǽcan,

      Hml. A. 8, 194 : Hml. Th. ii. 572, 11.

  • Gyf hé ðurh mynegunge nele beón gerihtlǽht

    ammonitus si non correxerit,

      R. Ben. 112, 14.

  • Se cyning wearð gerihtlǽht þurh þǽre cwéne geleáfan,

      Hml. A. 101, 323.

  • Ðeáh ðe se stunta beó gemynegod, hé ne byð gerihtlǽht (

    non emendetur

    ),
      Ælfc. Gr. Z. 264, 5.

  • Ne bið se stunta mid wordum gerihtlǽced,

      Hml. Th. ii. 352, 15.
  • Mid langsumum broce hé wearð gerihtlǽced, i. 536, 2.

  • Wé ne synd þurh his swingla gerihtlǽhte,

      580, 4.
error
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  • Hé sylf gerihtlǽce his dǽda and þǽawas tó his Drihtnes willan,

      Hml. S. 21, 49.

  • Gif hwylc bróðor . . . nelle his þeáwas gerihtlǽcan (

    non emendaverit),

      R. Ben. 52, 6.
  • Hí noldon heora synna gerihtlǽcan. Hml. Th. ii. 352, 22.
used absolutely
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  • Gif hé þurh mynegunge gerihtlǽcan nelle,

      R. Ben. 113, 14.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-rihtlǽcan.” 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/49383.

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