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ælmes-riht

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ælmes-riht, es; n.
A right or obligation in reference to alms (cf. Riht is ðæt man betǽce . . . þriddan dǽl (folces ælmessan) ðám þearfum,
    Ll. Th. ii. 256, 30)
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  • Ǽghwilc ælmesriht ðe man on Godes ést scolde mid rihte georne gelǽstan, ǽlc man gelitlað oððe forhealdeð,

      Wlfst. 159, 21.
  • Ðrǽlriht wǽron generwde and ælmesriht gewanode,

      158, 16.
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  • ælmes-riht, n.