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rihte

  • adverb
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rihte, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§553;
of direction,
right, due, directly, straight
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  • Swá oft ǽspringc út áwealleþ of clife hárum, and gereclíce, rihte flóweþ, irneþ wið his eardes (

    runs straight on in its course

    ),
      Met. 5, 14.

  • Ryhte beeástan him

    due east of them,

      Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 16, 3. [v. eást-, norþ-rihte.
    ]
of time,
directly, straightway
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  • Send nú rihte

    mitte jam nunc,

      Ex. 9, 19.

  • Nú rihte ðú gesihst

    jam nunc videbis,

      Num. 11, 23.

  • Gif ic on helle gedó hwyrft ǽnigne, ðú mé æt byst efne rihte,

      Ps. Th. 138, 6. [v. ðǽr-rihte.
    ]
in accordance with justice or equity, justly
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  • Hé ymbhwyrft eorþan démeþ sóðe and rihte judicabit orbem terræ in justitia, Ps. Th. 97, 9 :

    in aequitate,

      95, 13.
rightly, well, in a manner suited to the circumstances of a case, fittingly, properly, duly
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  • Rihte ys hé genemned Jacob; nu hé beswác mé,

      Gen. 27, 36 : Exon. Th. 9, 7; Cri. 139.

  • Wæs swíðe ryhte (

    recte

    ) tó ðæm wítgan gecweden,
      Past. 21; Swt. 153, 16.

  • Ne ǽnig wið óðerne getrýwlíce ne þohte swá rihte swá hé scolde,

      Wulfst. 160, 2 : Cd. Th. 127, 32; Gen. 2119.

  • Hú gód is God ðám ðe mid heortan rihte hycgeaþ

    quam bonus Deus his, qui recto sunt corde,

      Ps. Th. 72, 1 : 62, 6.

  • Scylan eard niman on ðínre ansýne ða mid rǽde hér rihte lifigeaþ

    habitabunt recti cum vultu tuo,

      139, 13.
correctly, in the proper manner, exactly, accurately, truly
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  • Wé biddaþ ðé, Láreów, ðæt ðú tǽce ús sprecan rihte (

    to speak Latin correctly

    ),
      Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 8.

  • Bæd ðæt hé hyra randan rihte heóldon,

      Byrht. Th. 132, 23; By. 20.

  • Swá wæs on ðǽm scennum þurh rúnstafas rihte (

    correctly

    ) gemearcod, hwam ðæt sweord geworht ǽrest wǽre,
      Beo. Th. 3395; B. 1695.

  • Swylce hý wǽron rihte ... swilce hí nú sindon

    they were exactly such then as they are now,

      Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 1.

  • Heó is swíðe ryhte feówerscýte it

    (Babylon) is very accurately quadrangular,

      Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 13.

  • Ryhtor cweþan

    to say with greater accuracy,

      5, 1; Swt. 214, 9.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “rihte.” 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/25816.

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