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

  1. to right, restore
  2. to rectify, correct, amend
  3. to keep right, direct, rule

Conjugation
Conjugation of rihtan (weak class 1)
infinitive rihtan rihtenne
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

Descendants
  • Middle English: riȝten, righten, reghten

References
  • rihtan in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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