reoht

Old English

Alternative forms

Noun

riht n

  1. (Early West Saxon) right, law, justice, moral correctness
    Wiþerwearde Godes beboda and ðæs gastlican rihtes: opponents of God’s commands and the spiritual law. (Homilies)
  2. (Early West Saxon) a right, a justifiable entitlement to something or to some action
  3. (Early West Saxon) one’s right, one’s proper due
    nelle ic ða rincas rihtes benæman: I will not deprive the men of their due. (Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase)
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