"riht" meaning in Old English

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Adjective

IPA: /rixt/, [riçt]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *reht (“right, straight”). Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian riucht, Old Saxon reht, Old High German reht, Old Norse réttr, Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (raihts). Non-Germanic cognates include Latin rēctus, Ancient Greek ὀρεκτός (orektós), Old Irish recht. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*reht||right, straight}} Proto-West Germanic *reht (“right, straight”), {{cog|ofs|riucht}} Old Frisian riucht, {{cog|osx|reht}} Old Saxon reht, {{cog|goh|reht}} Old High German reht, {{cog|non|réttr}} Old Norse réttr, {{cog|got|𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃}} Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (raihts), {{cog|la|rēctus}} Latin rēctus, {{cog|grc|ὀρεκτός}} Ancient Greek ὀρεκτός (orektós), {{cog|sga|recht}} Old Irish recht Head templates: {{ang-adj}} riht Inflection templates: {{ang-adecl|riht}} Forms: strong [table-tags], riht [masculine, nominative, singular], riht [feminine, nominative, singular], riht [neuter, nominative, singular], rihtne [accusative, masculine, singular], rihte [accusative, feminine, singular], riht [accusative, neuter, singular], rihtes [genitive, masculine, singular], rihtre [feminine, genitive, singular], rihtes [genitive, neuter, singular], rihtum [dative, masculine, singular], rihtre [dative, feminine, singular], rihtum [dative, neuter, singular], rihte [instrumental, masculine, singular], rihtre [feminine, instrumental, singular], rihte [instrumental, neuter, singular], rihte [masculine, nominative, plural], rihta [feminine, nominative, plural], rihte [feminine, nominative, plural], riht [neuter, nominative, plural], rihte [accusative, masculine, plural], rihta [accusative, feminine, plural], rihte [accusative, feminine, plural], riht [accusative, neuter, plural], rihtra [genitive, masculine, plural], rihtra [feminine, genitive, plural], rihtra [genitive, neuter, plural], rihtum [dative, masculine, plural], rihtum [dative, feminine, plural], rihtum [dative, neuter, plural], rihtum [instrumental, masculine, plural], rihtum [feminine, instrumental, plural], rihtum [instrumental, neuter, plural], weak [table-tags], rihta [masculine, nominative, singular], rihte [feminine, nominative, singular], rihte [neuter, nominative, singular], rihtan [accusative, masculine, singular], rihtan [accusative, feminine, singular], rihte [accusative, neuter, singular], rihtan [genitive, masculine, singular], rihtan [feminine, genitive, singular], rihtan [genitive, neuter, singular], rihtan [dative, masculine, singular], rihtan [dative, feminine, singular], rihtan [dative, neuter, singular], rihtan [instrumental, masculine, singular], rihtan [feminine, instrumental, singular], rihtan [instrumental, neuter, singular], rihtan [masculine, nominative, plural], rihtan [feminine, nominative, plural], rihtan [neuter, nominative, plural], rihtan [accusative, masculine, plural], rihtan [accusative, feminine, plural], rihtan [accusative, neuter, plural], rihtra [genitive, masculine, plural], rihtena [genitive, masculine, plural], rihtra [feminine, genitive, plural], rihtena [feminine, genitive, plural], rihtra [genitive, neuter, plural], rihtena [genitive, neuter, plural], rihtum [dative, masculine, plural], rihtum [dative, feminine, plural], rihtum [dative, neuter, plural], rihtum [instrumental, masculine, plural], rihtum [feminine, instrumental, plural], rihtum [instrumental, neuter, plural]
  1. right (as opposed to wrong)
    Sense id: en-riht-ang-adj-xW7PSFlA Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 17 25 1 2 0 25 25 1 3 1
  2. lawful
    Sense id: en-riht-ang-adj-EU7OjZkv
  3. real or genuine
    Sense id: en-riht-ang-adj-XEL4hY-j
  4. straight
    Sense id: en-riht-ang-adj-KkJIdahH
  5. (rare) right (as opposed to left) Tags: rare Synonyms: swīþra
    Sense id: en-riht-ang-adj-vBoNLABd Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 17 25 1 2 0 25 25 1 3 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: reht [Mercian], reht, reoht, reiht, ryht

Noun

IPA: /rixt/, [riçt]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *reht (“right, straight”). Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian riucht, Old Saxon reht, Old High German reht, Old Norse réttr, Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (raihts). Non-Germanic cognates include Latin rēctus, Ancient Greek ὀρεκτός (orektós), Old Irish recht. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*reht||right, straight}} Proto-West Germanic *reht (“right, straight”), {{cog|ofs|riucht}} Old Frisian riucht, {{cog|osx|reht}} Old Saxon reht, {{cog|goh|reht}} Old High German reht, {{cog|non|réttr}} Old Norse réttr, {{cog|got|𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃}} Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (raihts), {{cog|la|rēctus}} Latin rēctus, {{cog|grc|ὀρεκτός}} Ancient Greek ὀρεκτός (orektós), {{cog|sga|recht}} Old Irish recht Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=riht|sort=}} riht n, {{ang-noun|n|head=riht}} riht n
  1. right (as opposed to wrong) Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-riht-ang-noun-xW7PSFlA Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 17 25 1 2 0 25 25 1 3 1
  2. a right Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-riht-ang-noun-7FB-LkKT
  3. law Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-riht-ang-noun-jx90rfZY
  4. truth Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-riht-ang-noun-xcS62J7k
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: reht [Mercian], reht, reoht, reiht, ryht Derived forms: ġeriht, nū rihte, rihtnes, rihtwīs, unriht

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "_dis": "17 25 1 2 0 25 25 1 3 1",
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          "english": "I earnestly desire to know from thee the right name of this city, if thou wilt inform me.",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"The Seven Sleepers\"\n...ic wolde georne æt þe gewitan þissere byrig riht naman gif þu me woldest gewissigan...",
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        "(rare) right (as opposed to left)"
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      "word": "ġeriht"
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    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
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    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    {
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        "singular"
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      "form": "rihtre",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "rihte",
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        "feminine",
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      "form": "rihtum",
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      "form": "rihte",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I earnestly desire to know from thee the right name of this city, if thou wilt inform me.",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"The Seven Sleepers\"\n...ic wolde georne æt þe gewitan þissere byrig riht naman gif þu me woldest gewissigan...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "right (as opposed to wrong)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "right",
          "right"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lawful"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lawful",
          "lawful"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "real or genuine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "real",
          "real"
        ],
        [
          "genuine",
          "genuine"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "straight"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "straight",
          "straight"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "winestra"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "right (as opposed to left)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "right",
          "right"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) right (as opposed to left)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "swīþra"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/rixt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[riçt]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mercian"
      ],
      "word": "reht"
    },
    {
      "word": "reht"
    },
    {
      "word": "reoht"
    },
    {
      "word": "reiht"
    },
    {
      "word": "ryht"
    }
  ],
  "word": "riht"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "wrong",
      "word": "wōh"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Old English adjectives",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English neuter nouns",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English terms with redundant head parameter"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ġeriht"
    },
    {
      "word": "nū rihte"
    },
    {
      "word": "rihtnes"
    },
    {
      "word": "rihtwīs"
    },
    {
      "word": "unriht"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "right"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: right, reȝt, riȝte, riȝt, ryȝt, ryght, righte, riht\nEnglish: right\n→ Spanish: right\n→ Welsh: reit\nGeordie English: reet\nScots: richt\nYola: reights (plural)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: right, reȝt, riȝte, riȝt, ryȝt, ryght, righte, riht\nEnglish: right\n→ Spanish: right\n→ Welsh: reit\nGeordie English: reet\nScots: richt\nYola: reights (plural)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*reht",
        "4": "",
        "5": "right, straight"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *reht (“right, straight”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "riucht"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian riucht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "reht"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon reht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "reht"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German reht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "réttr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse réttr",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (raihts)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "rēctus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin rēctus",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ὀρεκτός"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ὀρεκτός (orektós)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "recht"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish recht",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *reht (“right, straight”).\nCognates\nCognate with Old Frisian riucht, Old Saxon reht, Old High German reht, Old Norse réttr, Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (raihts). Non-Germanic cognates include Latin rēctus, Ancient Greek ὀρεκτός (orektós), Old Irish recht.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "riht",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "riht n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "head": "riht"
      },
      "expansion": "riht n",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "right (as opposed to wrong)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "right",
          "right"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a right"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "right",
          "right"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "law"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "truth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "truth",
          "truth"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/rixt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[riçt]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mercian"
      ],
      "word": "reht"
    },
    {
      "word": "reht"
    },
    {
      "word": "reoht"
    },
    {
      "word": "reiht"
    },
    {
      "word": "ryht"
    }
  ],
  "word": "riht"
}

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