eldertongue

Old English · noun

reoht

Part of speech
noun, neuter
IPA
/rixt/
[riçt]
Syllables
rixt (1 syllable)
Modern English
correctnessentitlementjustifiable

Meaning

  1. right, law, justice, moral correctness

    Wiþerwearde Godes beboda and ðæs gastlican rihtes

    opponents 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 benæman ― I will not deprive the men of their due. (Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase)

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