Rihtere

Old English Dictionary Entry

Rihtere

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

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1 rihtere

m. A ruler, director :-- Ic wát ðætte God rihtere is his ágnes weorces . . . Gesege mé nú ðú cwist ðæt ðú náht ne tweóge ðætte God ðisse worulde rihtere síe ... operi suo conditorem praesidere Deum scio ... Dic mihi, quoniam a Deo mundum regi non ambigis ... Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 5-14. [O. H. Ger. rihtari rector, regulus, rex, judex : Icel. réttari a justiciary.] rihtere

Runic Inscription

ᚱᛁᚻᛏᛖᚱᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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