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ríht

  • adjective
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ríht, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§86; §231; §426;
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  • Þǽr is ǽlc treów swá riht swá bolt,

      E. S. viii. 477, 13.

  • Gif mon on his wege biþ gedwolod, sleá him ánne spearcan beforan, biþ hé sóna on rihtan (

    in the right way

    ),
      Lch. ii. 290, 18.

  • Mín Drihten . . . wæs on rihte róde úp áhafen . . . sceal mín ród onwended beón,

      Bl. H. 191, 4.

  • Se wítega (

    St. John)

    sǽde on his gesihðe ꝥ þǽra feówer nýtena fét wǽron rihte, and hí eódon ǽfre æfter ðám gáste,
      Hml. S. 15, 204.
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  • Wærstánes fæder wæs riht ǽht tó Hǽðfelda,

      Cht. Th. 650, 11.
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  • Man mid wítum ofgán willad æt mé ꝥ ic mid rihtan þingon (by fair means) begyten hæfde, Hml. S. 23, 600. IV a. of persons, upright, righteous :-- Ðá ðe ryhtre (rihtre, Ps. L.) synt heortan

    qui recto sunt corde,

      Ps. Vos. 93, 15.

  • Wuldriað ealle rehte (

    recti

    ) on heortan,
      31, 11.

  • Þá ryhte synt of heortan,

      Ps. Rdr. 93, 15.

  • Cynren rihtwísra ł rihtra (ðeára rehtra, Ps. Srt.)

    generatio rectorum,

      Ps. L. 111, 2.

  • Rihtum

    (rectis)

    he is mildheort, 4.

  • Þám gódum and rihtum on heortan,

      124, 4.
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  • Se hýra, sé ðe nis riht hyrde,

      Hml. Th. i. 238, 14.
  • v. folc-, þǽr-, úp-, wiþer-riht.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ríht.” 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/57257.

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