rihtan
Old English
Etymology
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”).
Verb
rihtan
- to right, restore
- to rectify, correct, amend
- to keep right, direct, rule
Conjugation
Conjugation of rihtan (weak class 1)
infinitive | rihtan | rihtenne |
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indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | rihte | rihte |
2nd-person singular | rihtest, rihst, rihtst | rihtest |
3rd-person singular | rihteþ, riht | rihte |
plural | rihtaþ | rihton |
subjunctive | present | past |
singular | rihte | rihte |
plural | rihten | rihten |
imperative | ||
singular | riht | |
plural | rihtaþ | |
participle | present | past |
rihtende | (ġe)rihted |
Derived terms
- ġerihtan
- rihtung
Descendants
- Middle English: riȝten, righten, reghten
- English: right
References
- rihtan in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary