rihtan
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *rihtijan, from Proto-Germanic *rihtijaną. Cognate with Old Saxon rihtian (“to straighten”), Old Norse rétta (“to straighten, stretch, raise, adjust”) and German richten (“to direct, judge, follow, depend on”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editrihtan
Conjugation
editConjugation of rihtan (weak class 1)
infinitive | rihtan | rihtenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | rihte | rihte |
second person singular | rihtest, rihst, rihtst | rihtest |
third person singular | rihteþ, riht | rihte |
plural | rihtaþ | rihton |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | rihte | rihte |
plural | rihten | rihten |
imperative | ||
singular | riht | |
plural | rihtaþ | |
participle | present | past |
rihtende | (ġe)rihted |
Derived terms
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editReferences
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “rihtan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.