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Riht-wís

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1 riht-wís

adj. Righteous, just :-- Rihtwís justus, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 69. Rihtwís justus, rihtwísre justior, ealra rihtwísost justissimus, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 65 : 9, 21; Som. 10, 20. Rihtwís déma, Hy. 6, 7. Se ðe underféhþ rihtwísne on rihtwíses naman, hé onféhþ rihtwíses méde, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 41. Unscyldig ic eom fram ðyses rihtwísan blóde (a sanguine justi hujus), 27, 24. Ðé ic geseah rihtwísne ætforan mé, Gen. 7, 1. Dómas ðíne rihtwíse aequitas judicia tua, Ps. Th. 118, 75, 172. Rihtwíse non errantes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 52. Fíftig rihtwísra manna quinquaginta justi, Gen. 18, 24. Heó is rihtwísre (justior) ðonne ic, 38, 26. Boetius wæs on woruldþeáwum se rihtwísesta, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 4. [O. H. Ger. reht-wís : Icel. rétt-víss.]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚱᛁᚻᛏ-ᚹᛁᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Icelandic

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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