Lah-riht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Lah-riht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: 31; Th. i. 312, 9. lah-riht

Definitions

1 lah-riht

n. Legal right :-- Ǽghwylc lahriht ge burhriht ge landriht every legal right, both of town and country, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 19. Gif hwá openne wiðercwyde ongeán lahriht Cristes oþþe cyninges gewyrce if any one act in open contradiction to the legal right of Crist or of the king, L. Eth.

Runic Inscription

ᛚᚪᚻ-ᚱᛁᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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