reoht

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riht n (Early West Saxon)

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