reoht

Old English

Alternative forms

• reht, riht

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rixt/, [riçt]

Noun

riht n (Early West Saxon)

1. right, law, justice, moral correctness
   • Wiþerwearde Godes beboda and ðæs gastlican rihtes ― opponents of God’s commands and the spiritual law. (Homilies)
2. a right, a justifiable entitlement to something or to some action
3. one’s right, one’s proper due
   • nelle ic ða rincas rihtes benæman ― I will not deprive the men of their due. (Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase)