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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrix.tɑn/, [ˈriç.tɑn] === Verb === rihtan to right, restore to rectify, correct, amend to keep right, direct, rule, straighten ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ġerihtan rihtend rihtere rihtung ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: riȝten, righten, reghten English: right Scots: richt === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “rihtan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.