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rihtness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
rihtness, e; f.
rightness, straightness, perpendicularity
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  • Perpendicula

    walþrǽd, ðæt is rihtnesse [þrǽd], Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 67.
  • Cf. rihtung-þræð.
rightness, justice, equity
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  • On rihtnesse

    in aequitate,

      Ps. Th. 97, 9 : 110, 5.
  • Rehtnise,

      Rtl. 102, 17.
in the following passage rehtnis
glosses ratio,
    Rtl. 113, 32 : 32, 32 : Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 12, 36 : 18, 24 : 25, 19.
Etymology
[O. L. Ger. reht-, riht-nussi justitia : O. H. Ger. rehtnissa justitia, aequitas.]
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