rihtan
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Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From 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[edit]
Verb[edit]
rihtan
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation 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[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “rihtan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.