1 rihtness
f. I. rightness, straightness, perpendicularity :-- Perpendicula walþrǽd, ðæt is rihtnesse [þrǽd], Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 67. Cf. rihtung-þræð. II. rightness, justice, equity :-- On rihtnesse in aequitate, Ps. Th. 97, 9 : 110, 5. Rehtnise, Rtl. 102, 17. III. in the following passage rehtnis glosses ratio, Rtl. 113, 32 : 32, 32 : Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 12, 36 : 18, 24 : 25, 19. [O. L. Ger. reht-, riht-nussi justitia : O. H. Ger. rehtnissa justitia, aequitas.] rihtness