Riht-lǽcan

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

riht-lǽcan
Add(?) : to agree, be fitting :-- Gehwǽrlǽcan l riht-[lǽcan] congruant, i. conueniant (quamvis gymnicorum exempla . . . rite congruant ad comparationem eorum, Ald. 3, 23), An. Ox. 66. Rihtlǽcan seems doubtful here, as the verb elsewhere is transitive, and means to set right. Riht seems to refer to rite, and riht-geþwǽrlǽcan to be the completion intended.] riht-læcan,rihtlæcan
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