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to right, set in order, make clear
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  • Gerihte elimavit (itinerarium Petri decem voluminibus digestum luce clarius

    elimavit,

      Aid. 27, 21.

  • Cf. elimavit, interpretavit (haec Gregorius per allegoriam luce clarius

    elimavit.

      Aid. 13, 31), 76, 82), Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 26.

  • Geriæahte (gerihte ?, gereahte (? cf. An. Ox. 2026 where the gloss is

    elimauit, manifestauit

    sé gerehte)),
      78, 64.

  • Béda betwyx þám óðrum þingum þe hé beorhtlíce gedihte þás þing hé tó gerihte, and mid leódlicum metre be þám mónðum þus giddode,

      Angl. viii. 301, 34.
to direct.
to address words to a person
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  • Ðone cwide Paulus geryhte tó biscepum,

      Past. 105, 8.
to keep in right order, regulate the actions of
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  • Girihte

    (dirigere)

    and gihálga and gihalda heorta and lícoma úsra,
      Rtl. 171, 3.

  • Béda cwæð ꝥ lan. and October wǽron mid twám bendum gerihte, ꝥ ys ꝥ hig habbað twá rihtinga,

      Angl. viii. 301, 48.
to cause to move straight to a point (lit. or fig. )
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  • Girihte mec in sáðfæstnisse dine,

      Rtl. 167, 23.
to regulate the course of, guide, instruct
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  • Hié eówra sáwla má forhwerfdon þonne hié gerihton,

      Ll. Th. i. 56, 18.

  • Geriht (

    dirige

    ) mínne weg (se weg ys mín weorc),
      Ps. Th. 5, 8.

  • Ǽfter þám þe hé sylf geriht wearð,

      Lch. iii. 440, 1.

  • Ðas béc hé sceal néde habban, gif hé wyle þám folce æfter rihte wísigan, . . . and beó hé æt þám wær ꝥ hí beón wel gerihte,

      Ll. Th. ii. 350, 18.
to order to be given, assign
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  • Wíse worldwitan Críste and cyninge gerihtan þá bóte,

      Ll. Th. i. 348, 15.
to correct.
a person,
to reform, amend
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  • Ðonne ic man geryhtan ne mæg and hine gelǽran

    quos corrigere nequeo,

      Past. 153, 11.

  • Ða suelcan wé magon ealra betest geryhtan mid ðý ðæt wé hié forbúgen

    quos melius corrigimus, si declinamus,

      293, 22.

  • Gif hé þurh ðá swingella ne bið geriht

    si nec correxit opera sua,

      R. Ben. 52, 8. (2 α) used intransitively for reflexive :--
    Gif hé þurh þreále nele gerihtan, R. Ben. 126, 5.
to rebuke
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  • Mi ðý gerihte (-rihðe, L. )

    cum corriperetur,

      Lk. R. 3, 19.
error,
a mistake, a scribal error
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  • Ic bidde, gif hwá þás bóc áwrítan wylle, þæt hé hig gerihte wel be þǽre bysne; . . . mycel yfel déð se unwrítere, gif hé nele hys wóh gerihtan,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 24, 30-34 : 21, 40 : Hml. Th. i. 8, 11: Hml. S. p. 6, 75.

  • Girihte

    emendare,

      Mt. p. 2, 12.

  • Geboetat ł girihtad

    emendata,

    15.

  • Girihtæ

    emenda,

    1.
an erroneous practice
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  • Besmeáge hé his heorde, for þon þǽr synd sume wísan tó gerihtenne and tó gebétenne,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 634.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-rihten ordinare, dirigere, apponere, corrigere.]
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v. un-geriht.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-rihtan.” 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/49382.

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