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riht-líc

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riht-líc, adj.
right, just
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  • Rihtlíc

    fas, justum,

      Hpt. Gl. 460, 16.

  • Ic tócwýse eówer deófolgyld, and biþ ðonne rihtlíc geþúht ðæt gé geswýcon eówres gedwyldes,

      Homl. Th. i. 70, 33.

  • Gif hiora hwilc swá heardheort wǽre, ðæt hé náne hreówsunge ne dyde, ðæt hé ðonne hæfde rihtlíc wíte,

      Bt. 41, 3; Fox 248, 16.
right, fitting, adapted to due requirements
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  • Hú wolde ðé lícian gif hwylc swíðe ríce cyning wǽre and næfde nǽnne frýne mon on eallon his ríce, ac wǽron ealle þeówe. Ðá cwæþ ic : 'Ne þúhte hit mé náuht rihtlíc, ne eác gerisenlíc, gif him sceoldan þeówe men þénigan,' 41,

      2; Fox 244, 26.

  • Rihtlíc ðæt wæs ðæt se blinda be ðæm wege sǽte wædliende; forðon ðe Drihten sylfa cwæþ : 'Ic eom weg sóðfæstnesse,' Blickl. Homl. 17, 30 : 29, 17. II a.

    adapted, fitted, entitled

    :-- Ðeáh beóþ ða foremǽrran and rihtlícran tó herigenne ða ðe beóþ mid cræftum gewyrðode,
      Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 24.
right, in accordance with reason
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  • Ðæt wǽre rihtlíc tó ongytenne (

    merito intelligendum

    ) ðæt ealle ða ðe Godes willan worhton, fram ðam ðe hí gesceapene wǽron, ðæt hí ðonne wǽron fram him éce méde tó onfónne,
      Bd. 3, 22; S. 552, 21.
right as regards conduct,
righteous
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  • Ðæt biþ rihtlíc líf, ðæt cniht þurhwunige on his cnihtháde, óþ ðæt hé on rihtre mǽdenǽwe gewífige,

      L. I. P. 22; Th. ii. 332, 28.

  • Ðonne mon hwæt ryhtlíces and gerisenlíces geþencþ

    quando et si qua jam justa, si qua honesta cogitantur,

      Past. 21, 3; Swt. 155, 24.

  • Ðonne hé ðæm ryhtlícum inngeþonce his hiéremonna foresægþ ða diéglan sǽtenga ðæs lytegan feóndes

    quando rectae intentioni audientium hostis callidi circumspectas insidias praedicit,

      21, 5; Swt. 163, 13.

  • Eahta sweras syndon ðe rihtlícne cynedóm trumlíce up wegaþ

    there are eight pillars that firmly sustain a rightly conducted royal authority,

      L. I. P. 3; Th. ii. 306, 19.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. reht-líh fas, jus, justus, regularis, canonicus : O. L. Ger. reht-, riht-lík : O. Frs. riucht-lik : Icel. rétt-legr just, due, meet.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “riht-líc.” 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/25844.

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