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riht-gifu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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a lawful gift, a gift that is rightfully made. The word occurs in a section of Cnut's laws headed 'De officiis domino debitis', but what was the nature of the obligation to which it is applied is nowhere explained
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  • Hláfordes rihtgifu stande ǽfre unáwend,

      Ll. Th. i. 422, 2 (cf.
    Hláfordes gifu þe hé on riht áge tó gifanne, 292, 16): ii. 302, 7.
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  • riht-gifu, n.