unriht
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *unrehtaz, equivalent to un- + riht.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈunriçt/
Adjective
unriht
- wrong, evil, illegal, unjust, perverse
- Her Cynewulf benam Sigebryht his rices on Westseaxna wiotan for unryhtum dædum: here Cynewulf and the West-Saxon councillors deprived Sigebyrht of his kingdom for unlawful deeds. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, 755)
Derived terms
- Middle English: vnriȝt, vnryȝt, unriht
- English: unright
- Scots: unricht
Noun
unriht n
- wrong, evil, injustice, depravity.
- unrihta to fela ricsode on lande: too many wrongs prevailed in this land. (Wulfstan's Sermo Lupi)
- a defect.
Descendants
- Middle English: unriht, unriȝt, unright
- English: unright
- Scots: unricht