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riht-híwa

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riht-regol

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Add: a lawful rule of life Wé bebeódað ꝥte Godes þeówas hiora ryhtregol on ryht healdan, Ll. Th. i. 102, 15

riht-ryne

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Ne mihton hí þone streám of his rihtryne ábýgan fluvius a proprio alveo deflecti non potuit, Gr. D. 192, 23. Hé sǽde ꝥ Pad seó eá wǽre of hire rihtryne on þǽre cyrican yrðland úp yrnende . . . 'Cym tó ðínum ágenum rihtryne' nuntiavit quod cursus sui Padus

riht-spell

(n.)
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a noble discourse Ryhtspell monig Gregorius gleáwmód gindwód ðurh sefan snyttro, searoðonca hord, Past. 9, 10

riht-stefn

(n.)
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a properly pronounced word, properly modulated sound Ná mid rihtstefnum ac mid micelum hreáme ongann clypian magnis non vocibus, sed stridoribus clamare incepit, Gr. D. 28, 28

Linked entry: stefn

riht-tíd

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Þý lǽs ꝥ bearn of bearneácnum wífe sié ǽr rihttíde, Lch. ii. 330, 10. Ic ondette gífernesse metes and drinces ǽr tídum and in tíde, ge eác ofer rihttíde, Angl. xi. 98, 24. Add

riht-wer

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Gif be cwicum ceorle wíf hig be óðrum were forlicge, . . . hæbbe se rihtwer eall ꝥ heó áhte, Ll. Th. i. 406, 8. Add

riht-wíf

(n.)
Grammar
riht-wíf, es; n.
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A lawful wife Hú mihte Abraham beón clǽne ꝥ hé nǽre forligr geteald þá þá hé hæfde cyfese under his rihtwífe? quomodo defenditur Abraham adulterii reus non esse, dum viventi legitima uxore sua conjunctus est ancillae suae?, Angl. vii. 46, 440. Sé þe

riht-wíslíce

(adv.)

Similar entry: un-rihtwíslíce

þǽr-riht

(adj.)
Grammar
þǽr-riht, adj.
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The passage in which strictis, glossed by þárrihtum, occurs is: lam jamque strictis mucronibus, Ald. 52, 17. As in another gloss jam jamque is glossed by þárrihtes (An. Ox. 3797), þárrihtum may be taken as belonging to the adverbial, rather than to the

riht-meterfers

(n.)
Grammar
riht-meterfers, es ; n.

Correct hexameter verse

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Correct hexameter verse Ðæt rihtmetervers sceal habban feówer and twentig tíman Anglia viii. 314, 10

Linked entry: meter-fers

riht-norþanwind

(n.)
Grammar
riht-norþanwind, es ; m.

A due north wind

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A due north wind Ðá sceolde hé ðǽr bídan ryhtnorþanwindes Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 17

Linked entry: norþan-wind

riht-regol

(n.)
Grammar
riht-regol, es ; m.

A correct rule a canon

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A correct rule, a canon Rihtregula canonum, Hpt. Gl. 526, 16

riht-scilling

(n.)
Grammar
riht-scilling, es; m.

A lawful shilling

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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

(n.)
Grammar
riht-scrífend, es ; m.

One who declares the sentence of the law lawyer

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One who declares the sentence of the law lawyer Rihtscrífend ł dómsettend jurisconsultus, jurisperitus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 17 : i. 20, 69

Linked entry: scrífend

riht-scytte

(adj.)
Grammar
riht-scytte, adj.

Sure of aim?/

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Sure of aim?/ Sum biþ ryhtscytte sum leóþa gleáw, sum on londe snel, Exon. Th. 296, 15 ; Crä. 51

Linked entry: -scytte

riht-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
riht-tíd, e; f.

A proper time

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A proper time Hé ða Eástran on heora rihttíde ne heóld Pascha suo tempore non observabat, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 18

riht-wer

(n.)
Grammar
riht-wer, es; m.

A legitimate husband

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A legitimate husband Gif wíf hire rihtwer ( virum suum legitimum ) forlǽt, L. Ecg. P. ii. 8 ; Th. ii. 184, 25

Linked entry: wer

riht-westende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
riht-westende, es; m.

The extreme western limit

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The extreme western limit Hire ryhtwestende ultimus finis ad occidentem, Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 8, 32

Linked entry: west-ende

riht-wís

(n.)
Grammar
riht-wís, (?), e; -wíse (?), an ; f.

Righteousness justice

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Righteousness justice Rihtwíse and sybbe hý cyston justitia et pax osculatae sunt, Ps. Spl. 84, 11