"rihtan" meaning in Old English

See rihtan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈrix.tɑn/, [ˈriç.tɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *rihtijan, from Proto-Germanic *rihtijaną. Cognate with Old Saxon rihtian (“to straighten”), Old Norse rétta (“to straighten, stretch, raise, adjust”) and German richten (“to direct, judge, follow, depend on”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*rihtijan}} Proto-West Germanic *rihtijan, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*rihtijaną}} Proto-Germanic *rihtijaną, {{cog|osx|rihtian|t=to straighten}} Old Saxon rihtian (“to straighten”), {{cog|non|rétta|t=to straighten, stretch, raise, adjust}} Old Norse rétta (“to straighten, stretch, raise, adjust”), {{cog|de|richten|t=to direct, judge, follow, depend on}} German richten (“to direct, judge, follow, depend on”) Head templates: {{ang-verb}} rihtan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|rihtan<w1>}} Forms: weak [table-tags], rihtan [infinitive], rihtenne [infinitive], rihte [first-person, present, singular], rihte [first-person, past, singular], rihtest [present, second-person, singular], rihst [present, second-person, singular], rihtst [present, second-person, singular], rihtest [past, second-person, singular], rihteþ [present, singular, third-person], riht [present, singular, third-person], rihte [past, singular, third-person], rihtaþ [plural, present], rihton [past, plural], rihte [present, singular], rihte [past, singular], rihten [plural, present], rihten [past, plural], riht [imperative, past, present, singular], rihtaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], rihtende [imperative, present], rihted [imperative, past], ġerihted [imperative, past]
  1. to right, restore
    Sense id: en-rihtan-ang-verb-x~9KXc9r Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 44 14
  2. to rectify, correct, amend
    Sense id: en-rihtan-ang-verb-qMevgS4t Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 39 50 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 44 14
  3. to keep right, direct, rule, straighten
    Sense id: en-rihtan-ang-verb-taSVYmOY Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 44 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ġerihtan, rihtend, rihtere, rihtung

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ġerihtan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "rihtend"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "rihtere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "rihtung"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "riȝten",
            "3": "righten",
            "4": "reghten"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: riȝten, righten, reghten",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: riȝten, righten, reghten"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "right"
          },
          "expansion": "English: right",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: right"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*rihtijan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *rihtijan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*rihtijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *rihtijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "rihtian",
        "t": "to straighten"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon rihtian (“to straighten”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "rétta",
        "t": "to straighten, stretch, raise, adjust"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse rétta (“to straighten, stretch, raise, adjust”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "richten",
        "t": "to direct, judge, follow, depend on"
      },
      "expansion": "German richten (“to direct, judge, follow, depend on”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *rihtijan, from Proto-Germanic *rihtijaną. Cognate with Old Saxon rihtian (“to straighten”), Old Norse rétta (“to straighten, stretch, raise, adjust”) and German richten (“to direct, judge, follow, depend on”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihtan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihtenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihtest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihtst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihtest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihteþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "riht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihtaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "riht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihtaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihtende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġerihted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "rihtan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rihtan<w1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 44 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to right, restore"
      ],
      "id": "en-rihtan-ang-verb-x~9KXc9r",
      "links": [
        [
          "right",
          "right"
        ],
        [
          "restore",
          "restore"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 50 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 44 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to rectify, correct, amend"
      ],
      "id": "en-rihtan-ang-verb-qMevgS4t",
      "links": [
        [
          "rectify",
          "rectify"
        ],
        [
          "correct",
          "correct"
        ],
        [
          "amend",
          "amend"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 44 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to keep right, direct, rule, straighten"
      ],
      "id": "en-rihtan-ang-verb-taSVYmOY",
      "links": [
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ],
        [
          "direct",
          "direct"
        ],
        [
          "rule",
          "rule"
        ],
        [
          "straighten",
          "straighten"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈrix.tɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈriç.tɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rihtan"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 1 weak verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ġerihtan"
    },
    {
      "word": "rihtend"
    },
    {
      "word": "rihtere"
    },
    {
      "word": "rihtung"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "riȝten",
            "3": "righten",
            "4": "reghten"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: riȝten, righten, reghten",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: riȝten, righten, reghten"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "right"
          },
          "expansion": "English: right",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: right"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*rihtijan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *rihtijan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*rihtijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *rihtijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "rihtian",
        "t": "to straighten"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon rihtian (“to straighten”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "rétta",
        "t": "to straighten, stretch, raise, adjust"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse rétta (“to straighten, stretch, raise, adjust”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "richten",
        "t": "to direct, judge, follow, depend on"
      },
      "expansion": "German richten (“to direct, judge, follow, depend on”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *rihtijan, from Proto-Germanic *rihtijaną. Cognate with Old Saxon rihtian (“to straighten”), Old Norse rétta (“to straighten, stretch, raise, adjust”) and German richten (“to direct, judge, follow, depend on”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihtan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihtenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihtest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihtst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihtest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihteþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "riht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihtaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "riht",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihtaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihtende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rihted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġerihted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "rihtan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rihtan<w1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to right, restore"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "right",
          "right"
        ],
        [
          "restore",
          "restore"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to rectify, correct, amend"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rectify",
          "rectify"
        ],
        [
          "correct",
          "correct"
        ],
        [
          "amend",
          "amend"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to keep right, direct, rule, straighten"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ],
        [
          "direct",
          "direct"
        ],
        [
          "rule",
          "rule"
        ],
        [
          "straighten",
          "straighten"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈrix.tɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈriç.tɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rihtan"
}

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