riht-cynecynn
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A legitimate royal family Antigones him ondréd Ercoles ðæt ðæt folc hiene wolde tó hláforde geceósan for ðon ðe hé ryhtcynecynnes wæs timens ne Herculem Macedones quasi legitimum regem praeoptarent, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 150, 10. Dauides cynnes, ðæs rihtcynecynnes
rihte-bred
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An instrument for measuring, a square Rihte-bred norma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 20 : 114, 83 : linca, 54, 16
rihtend
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A ruler Eálá ðú ælmihtiga scippend and rihtend ( rector ) eallra gesceafta, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 10. Hé gehýreþ cyning mæðlan, rodera ryhtend sprecan, Exon. Th. 50, 10; Cri. 798
riht-fæderencynn
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Lineal descent or descendants on the father's side Hiera ryhtfæderencyn gǽþ tó Cerdice they are lineally descended on the father's side from Cerdic, Chr. 755 : Erl. 50, 33 : 784; Erl. 56, 5. Gif héó bearn næbbe, feó ðonne an hire rehtfæderen[cynnes]
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riht-fremmend
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One acting rightly Ðus reordiaþ ryht-fremmende, Exon. Th. 240, 2; Ph. 632. Geat hǽðen hildfruma háligra blód, ryhtfremmendra, 243, 9; Jul. 8. Hǽlu bútan sáre ryhtfremmendum, 101, 9; Cri. 1656
riht-hǽmed
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Legitimate matrimony Cirraþ tó eówrum ryhthǽmede, Past. 16, 1; Swt. 99, 17. Æfter ðon wǽre on rihthǽmed (riht hǽmed?) geþeóded postea in matrimonio jungatur, L. Ecg. C. 19; Th. ii. 146, 2
riht-lícettere
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A thorough hypocrite Fela manna wyrð þurh deófol forlǽred swá ðæt hý eal óðer specaþ and óðer hiwiaþ, óðer hý þencaþ; and ða beóþ rihtlíceteras, Wulfst. 54, 14
riht-líf
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A right life Wýf tó onfónne tó rihtlífe, Lchdm. iii. 176, 22
riht-meterfers
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Correct hexameter verse Ðæt rihtmetervers sceal habban feówer and twentig tíman, Anglia viii. 314, 10
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riht-norþanwind
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A due north wind Ðá sceolde hé ðǽr bídan ryhtnorþanwindes, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 17
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riht-regol
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A correct rule, a canon Rihtregula canonum, Hpt. Gl. 526, 16
riht-scilling
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A lawful shilling Se rihtscylling byþ á be .xii. penegum legitimus solidus semper est .xii. denariorum, L. Ecg. P. iv. 60; Th. ii. 222, 7
riht-scrífend
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One who declares the sentence of the law, a lawyer Rihtscrífend ł dómsettend jurisconsultus, jurisperitus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 17 : i. 20, 69
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riht-weg
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A right way Se ðe secge ðæt hé on Crist gelýfe fare se ðæs riht-weges ðe Crist sylf férde qui se dicit in Cristum credere debet ambulare sicut et ipse ambulavit, Wulfst. 65, 25. Gebringan on rihtwege ða ðe ǽr dweledan, 75, 2 : 49, 19
riht-wer
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A legitimate husband Gif wíf hire rihtwer ( virum suum legitimum ) forlǽt, L. Ecg. P. ii. 8; Th. ii. 184, 25
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riht-westende
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The extreme western limit Hire ryhtwestende ultimus finis ad occidentem, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 32
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riht-wísend
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A Sadducee Ðá hé geseh manega ðæra sunderhálgena and ðæra rihtwísendra tó his fulluhte cumende, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 7
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riht-wrítere
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One who writes correctly Rihtwrítera orthographorum, rectorum scriptorum, Hpt. Gl. 410, 72. Rihtwríterum ortagraphorum, Wrt, Voc. ii. 64, 22 : 75, 41
rinc
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A man (a poetical term) Se rinc ( Enoch) on líchoman lisse sóhte, Cd. Th. 73, 12; Gen. 1203 : (Abraham ), 107, 17; Ger. 1790. Com ðá tó recede rinc ( Grendel ) síðian, Beo. Th. 1445; B. 720. Árás ðá se ríca ( Hrothgar ), ymb hine rinc manig, þegna heáp
rinc-getæl
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A number of men, a host Ðæt wæs wíglíc werod; wác ne grétton in ðæt rincgetæl rǽswan herges, Cd. Th. 192, 19; Exod. 234