Riht-gifu

Old English Dictionary Entry

Riht-gifu

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 riht-gifu

a lawful gift, a gift that is rightfully made. The word occurs in a section of Cnut's laws headed 'De officiis domino debitis', but what was the nature of the obligation to which it is applied is nowhere explained :-- Hláfordes rihtgifu stande ǽfre unáwend, Ll. Th. i. 422, 2 (cf. Hláfordes gifu þe hé on riht áge tó gifanne, 292, 16): ii. 302, 7. riht-gifu

Runic Inscription

ᚱᛁᚻᛏ-ᚷᛁᚠᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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