Eorl-riht

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - eorl-riht

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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eorl-riht
An earl's right or privilege; cŏmĭtis jus vel privĭlēgium :-- Gif þegen geþeáh, ðæt he wearþ to eorle, ðonne wæs he syððan eorlrihtes weorþe if a thane thrived, that he became an earl, then he was thenceforth worthy of an earl's right, L. R. 5 ; Th. i. 192, 8. eorl-riht
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