riht
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that which is straight or erect, a plumb line Reht perpendiculo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 26. that which is straight in a metaphorical sense, right, law, canon, rule Mennisc riht jus; gecynde riht jus naturale; ánre burge riht jus civile; ealra þeóda riht
riht
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of direction, literally, straight, erect, direct Seó heá ród ryht árǽred raised erect, Exon. Th. 66, 3; Cri. 1066. Rihtes síþfætes directi callis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 55. Rihtre directo, 27, 69. Rihtre stíge recto tramite, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 8. Faran
ripa
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A sheaf Berende rypan (Ps. Surt. reopan) heora portantes manipulos suos, Ps. Spl. 125, 8 : 128, 5
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rípu
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risn
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a pair of compasses Risn cercinum [? risl (hrisel q. v.) κερκιs ], Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 30. (?)
ribb
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Gif rib forbrocen weorð iii. sciłł. gebéte, Ll. Th. i. 18, 15. Cóm of ðǽm wætre án nǽdre . . . wearð hiere mid ánum wierpe án ribb forod — hit is nǽdrena gecynd ꝥ heora mægen and hiera féþe bið on heora ribbum, Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 3-14. Gif mon óðrum rib
rídel
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ridel
rift
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Rif[te] conopeo, An. Ox. 5276. Ongeredon hine ðís ryfte exuerunt cum clamyde, Mt. L. 27, 31. Reáde ryfte ymbsaldan him clamydem coccineam circumdederunt ei, Mt. R. 27, 28. Add
ríht
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Add þǽr næs riht on þǽre stówe ǽnigne tó ácwellanne for þǽre stówe weorþunge in illo loco neminem fas erat interfici, Nar. 30, 1. Béte hé þone borgbryce swá him ryht wísie, and þone wedbryce swá him his scrift scrífe, Ll. Th. i. 60, 20. Be ryhtes béne
rihte
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Add Smire mid ꝥ heáfod ufan rihte (right on the top), Lch. ii. 306, 16. Tó wylle þe rihte eást yrne, iii. 74, 13. Is Þearf ꝥ þú rihte háwie mid módes æágum tó Gode swá rihte swá swá scipes ancerstræng byð áþenæd on gerihte fram þám scype tó þǽm ancre
rima
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On ende ł riman sǽs in postremo maris, Ps. Rdr. 138, 9. Ǽghwár be þǽre sǽ riman, Chr. 1052; P. 178, 26. Add
ripa
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Add: [v. N. E. D. reap a sheaf.]
rima
A rim ⬩ border ⬩ bank ⬩ coast
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A rim border, bank coast Rima crepido, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 45. Rimo, Txts. 55, 601
rinc
A man (a poetical term)
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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
land-ríca
a land-lord
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A powerful man in a district, a landed proprietor, a land-lord; the term, seems equivalent to land-hláford, q. v. Heáh landríca ierarchon, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 29. Fó se landríca tó healfan, and tó healfan ðæt hundred, L. Edg. S. 8; Th. i. 274, 30. Gif
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an-rine
An inroad ⬩ incursion ⬩ assault ⬩ incursio
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An inroad, incursion, assault; incursio Fram anrine ab incursu, Ps. Spl. 90, 6
ed-rine
A meeting ⬩ occursus
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A meeting; occursus, Ps. Spl. T. 18, 7
rǽd-rípe
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Soon ripe, premature Rǽdrípe wæstm praecoquus fructus, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 22. Rǽdrípe wínberige praecoquae, 38, 61