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Ge-riht

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1 ge-riht

n. What is right, a right, due, last office of the church, direction; rectum, jus, ratio, officium :-- Gif hwá ǽnigra godcundra gerihto forwyrne if any one refuse any divine dues, L. E. G. 6; Th. i. 170, 7. Godes gerihto God's dues, 5; Th. i. 168, 25: Homl. Th. i. 74, 22: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 105, 39: L. Eth. 5, 11; Th. i. 306, 30: Shrn. 208, 28. Ðis syndon ða gerihta ðe se cyning áh ofer ealle men on Wessexan these are the rights which the king has over all men in Wessex, L. C. S. 12; Th. i. 382, 12. Cynescipes gerihta rights of royalty, L. Edg. S. 2; Th. i. 272, 27: Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 28. Ealla ða gerihta ðe ðǽr of arísaþ all the rights arising therefrom, 1031; Erl. 162, 4: 1074; Erl. 212, 6. Geriht ratio, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 23, 23, 24. Heó to cyrcean eóde and hire gerihtan underfeng she went to the church and received her rites, Chr. 1093; Erl. 229, 11: Homl. Th. ii. 142, 9. Fóron to gefeohte forþ on gerihte marched straight on to battle, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 23; Jud. 202. Man ána gǽþ mid his andwlitan up on gerihte man alone walks with his face erect, Bt. Met. Fox 31, 34; Met. 31, 17. On geryhte ongeán ðæne múþan in a direction opposite the mouth, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 24, 8. On gerihte fram ðam scipe to ðam ancre right from the ship to the anchor, Shrn. 175, 19: Cod. Dipl. ii. 172, 20. DER. ald-, cyric-, geár-, woruld-geriht. ge-riht
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚱᛁᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

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L.
Latin

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
C.
Corpus Christi College MS
Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Met.
Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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