-
etymologically comparable to
German Richtung,
while it was Old
English rihte +
geographic direction that
stood for an
exact cardinal point.
Ohthere only...
- ᛟ bẏþ
oferleof æghƿẏl**** men, gif he mot ðær
rihtes and gerẏsena on
brucan on
bolde bleadum oftast. [An estate] is very dear to
every man, if he can enjoy...
- hwílum gyd áwræc sóð ond sárlíc· hwílum syllíc
spell rehte æfter
rihte rúmheort cyning·
there was song and glee: old
Scylding who has heard...
- "Swā wæs on ðǣm scennum scīran
goldes þurh rūn‐stafas
rihte gemearcod,
geseted and gesǣd, hwām þæt
sweord geworht, īrena cyst ǣrest wǣre, wreoþen‐hilt...
- Anglo-Saxon rune poem reads: [Ēðel] byþ
oferleof æghwyl**** men, gif he mot ðær
rihtes and
gerysena on
brucan on
bolde bleadum oftast. "[An estate] is very dear...
- works, are
ealles to swyðe "altogether too much",
georne "eagerly", mide
rihte "in
right manner", for Gode and for
worulde "for God and for world", among...
- of
intensifying words...such as æfre, swyðe
ealles to swyðe, georne, mid
rihte, ofer
ealle oðre þing, swyðe georne, oft and gelome, wide, witode. While...
