rihtnes

== Old English == === Alternative forms === rihtnis, rehtnis === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *rehtanassī, equivalent to riht +‎ -nes. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrixt.nes/, [ˈriçt.nes] === Noun === rihtnes f (nominative plural rihtnessa) rightness, straightness, perpendicularity rightness, justice, equity ratio ==== Declension ==== Strong ō-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: rihtnesse, riȝtnesse, rightnesse English: rightness Scots: richtnis === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “rihtnes”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.