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ge-riht

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-riht, es; n.
What is right, a right, due, last office of the church, direction; rectum, jus, ratio, officium
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  • Gif hwá ǽnigra godcundra gerihto forwyrne

    if any one refuse any divine dues,

      L. E. G. 6; Th. i. 170, 7.

  • Godes gerihto

    God's dues,

      5; Th. i. 168, 25: Homl. Th. i. 74, 22: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 105, 39: L. Eth. 5, 11; Th. i. 306, 30: Shrn. 208, 28.

  • Ðis syndon ða gerihta ðe se cyning áh ofer ealle men on Wessexan

    these are the rights which the king has over all men in Wessex,

      L. C. S. 12; Th. i. 382, 12.

  • Cynescipes gerihta

    rights of royalty,

      L. Edg. S. 2; Th. i. 272, 27: Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 28.

  • Ealla ða gerihta ðe ðǽr of arísaþ

    all the rights arising therefrom,

      1031; Erl. 162, 4: 1074; Erl. 212, 6.

  • Geriht

    ratio,

      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 23, 23, 24.

  • Heó to cyrcean eóde and hire gerihtan underfeng

    she went to the church and received her rites,

      Chr. 1093; Erl. 229, 11: Homl. Th. ii. 142, 9.

  • Fóron to gefeohte forþ on gerihte

    marched straight on to battle,

      Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 23; Jud. 202.

  • Man ána gǽþ mid his andwlitan up on gerihte

    man alone walks with his face erect,

      Bt. Met. Fox 31, 34; Met. 31, 17.

  • On geryhte ongeán ðænemúþan

    in a direction opposite the mouth,

      Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 24, 8.

  • On gerihte fram ðam scipe to ðam ancre

    right from the ship to the anchor,

      Shrn. 175, 19: Cod. Dipl. ii. 172, 20.
Derived forms
DER. ald-, cyric-, geár-, woruld-geriht.
Linked entries
v.  ge-ryht.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-riht.” 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/15710.

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