Middle English Dictionary Entry
right(e adv.
Entry Info
Forms | right(e adv. Also righth, righȝt, riggt, ritȝ, riȝ, rieht, rieth, riught, recth, rest, ruiȝte, (early) rihcte & (errors) rirȝt, rigthet. |
Etymology | OE rihte, (WS also) ryhte; for forms in -e- cp. ME right n. & right adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: For other forms see right n. & right adj.
1a.
As intensifier with adverbs: exactly, precisely, just: (a) ~ an-on (nou-þe), tho ~, at once, immediately [see also an-on adv. & conj.1.(b), nou-þe adv.1.(a)]; ~ nou (so, then, tho), just now (then); also, at once, immediately [see also nou adv.1.(b), 2.(b)]; nou ~, just now [see also nou adv.2.(b)]; (b) ~ her, just here; also, at this point (in a narrative) [see also her adv.4.(a)]; ~ ther, just there, right there; ~ bi (ther-bi), close by; (c) ~ also, in just the same way; ~ so, just so, exactly in the same way; likewise; also, just the same; also, in that same condition [quot.: Treat.Horses]; ~ so I am, so I am; ~ thus (this), in just this way.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)14054 : Þe birrless..haffdenn rihht ta ladenn upp Þe waterr off þa fetless.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)32/13 : Þeo þe wes riht ta iwraht wið godes honden wes þurh a sihðe biswiken & ibroht in to brad sunne.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)5/45 : Þi lond folk we schulle slon..And þe selue riȝt anon.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7972 : Þis acord was vaste imad..So þat þis tueye breþeren gode frend were þo riȝt.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)1038 : Þe iustise..swore ded sche schuld ben Riȝt anon bi Heuen-quen.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)856 : Riȝt þan Artow comen titly Fram marke þi kinsman.
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.205 : It is myster to ben alway redy & lyuen so as Men shulden riȝth now gon to þe iuggement.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1566 : Wist y þat..of alle harmes were ich hol hastely riȝt nouþe.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2312 : Of þat sweuen riȝt so y a-waked.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.27.33 : Ysaac..seiþ, 'who þann is he þat now riȝt [WB(2): a while ago; L dudum] brouȝte to me huntyng taken?'
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.829 : So stant this world now everydiel Departed; which began riht tho Whan Rome was divided so.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)5913 : He asked leue ryȝt now late And went furþ out at þe ȝate.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1390 : Þe kyng riȝt than Vn-to Iason..Comaunded hath, [etc.].
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.703 : Make the redy right anon.
- (1440) Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)586 : Alle his entrayles were turbuled ritȝ anoon.
- (1442) Let.Bekynton in RS 56.2215 : We have right nowe received lettres from the Lord de Gramond.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)2772 : Hit is for Joy..of a sweuene þat y haue mette now ryȝt.
- c1460 Cursor (LdMisc 416)16504 : He..hyng hym-self right þo.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)293/33 : Anone as the kynge saw hym there was made peas and rome, and ryght so they yode with hym unto the hyghe deyse withoute seyynge of ony wordys.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)657/10 : So they departed, and sir Galahalte ded grete dedis of armys; And ryght so cam sir Dynadan and encountyrd wyth sir Galahalte.
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)255 : He was here ryght now.
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)747/27 : Arte not þou sche þat Cryed ryȝth now?
b
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)145/10 : Þinc swilch he bie riht ðar to-foren ðe.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)126 : Heo scholde Icristned beo riȝt þare.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2106 : An-oðer drem cam him bi-foren: vii eares wexen fette of coren On an busk..And vii lene rigt ðor-bi.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2619 : As forward was, right ther he moste abyde.
- (1399) RParl.3.424a : On Moneday..ryght here in this Chaumbre..ȝe renounsed..the State of Kyng.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6542 : Þe tables..To pees he þam brak right þar.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)298 : Þyself schal won wyth me ryȝt here.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.149 : Thebareyn braunche, yf ronke & grene hit be, Ryght by let kitte hym of.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.27 : Into the lond let synke A reed right by and bynde in mariage Hem to, lest wynde offende her tender age.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)12.329 : Thanne took the kyng his leve Ryht there.
- a1450 Dux Moraud (BodPoet f.2)175 : Ellys I were woxyn of blamys ryt here But I be ryal in rayis forto ryde.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)372/1 : Ryght there she gan to travayle faste of hir chylde.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)162/318 : An Aungell I saw ryght here.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)202 : Right here seith the frensch booke that, [etc.].
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)198/110 : The law I will fulfyll right here.
c
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)101/29 : Hie crepþ in to hire hole, and swo hie berhð hire lif; Riht alswo do ðu.
- a1225 Lamb.Hom.Pater N.(Lamb 487)67/236 : Ure fond..fondede god solf..and his apostles riht al swa.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)22/18 : Þridde chearre riht alswa, & feorðe chearre, & fifte.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)245 : Adai þu art blind oþer bisne..Riȝt so hit farþ bi þan un gode.
- (?1387) Wimbledon Serm.(Corp-C 357)100/627 : A man þat wolde loke stedefastly aȝens þe sunne..may do it longe for noþyng..for feblenesse of þe mannes eyȝe; Ryȝt so siþ Adam, oure first fadre, was put out of paradis, al his ospryng haþ be þus sek.
- (a1392) Clanvowe 2 Ways (UC 97)60/118 : Þe keepyng of Goddis hestes is þe nargh wey..And riȝt so, in þe contrarie wyse, þe breekyng of Goddis hestes is þe broode wey.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1941 : Softely to hire right thus seyde he, 'Mercy,' [etc.].
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Devil Phys.(Phys-E)p.149 : This ermet leet that fend ga And bad him com igain riht swa.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)6267 : Þy chyldryn alle sey ryght þus: 'whom shuld þey ȝyue hyt but vs?'
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)8.94 : It..was writen riȝt [vr. reyth] þus..Et qui bona egerunt, [etc.].
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)11.209 : Whanne fisshes faile þe flood..Þei diȝe..Riȝt [vr. Ryeth] so be religioun..Þat out of couent..coueiten to libben.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.371 : His witte gan edwite hym þo..And repentance riȝte so rebuked hym þat tyme.
- a1425 Shrewsbury Frag.(Shrw 6)5/38 : Sithen of oures went ful gode wone To se þat sight, and said right so.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)193a/b : Anyse..is þe seed of an herbe þat is clepid riȝt so.
- (1440) Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)29 : In þis story rith þus I wil procede.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)1450 : 'Þan art þou, sone, a weddid man þer caas?' 'Ya, soþly, fadir myn, ryght so I am.'
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)1509 : Hit byfelle ryȝt thys.
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)121/474 : Take þe snayles þat beþ in here schellis, & riȝt so stampe hem to-gederes & make a plaster.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)46/21 : Deth departith a man fro bodili lustis..right so doth loue to þe soule.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)1.1366 : Right so all erthly mageste and power of a kyng..shall passe.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)4.33.79a : This nek schuld be the passage and repassage from the heued to the body, and right so ageynward.
- a1500 *Lanfranc CP (Wel 397)22b/10 : Traveyle with thyn instrumentes lyghtlych..Right so remeve þe littill pece [of bone], not touchyng the soft moder bot lightlyche.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)172 : A lettre he made..þat spake right þus.
1b.
As intensifier with adverbial phrases: exactly, precisely, just: (a) with adverbial phrases of time; ~ with that, immediately thereupon; (b) with adverbial phrases of place; (c) with adverbial phrases of manner, often with weakened or almost no semantic content; also, only; ~ of hire honde, of her own hand; ~ with this swerd, with this very sword; (d) with adverbial phrases of reason or purpose: precisely, just; also, only.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)11046 : Jesu Crist wass fullhtnedd Rihht o þatt daȝȝ uppo þe ȝer Þatt twellfte daȝȝ iss nemmnedd.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)47 : Þat prison heo breken riȝt þulke daie.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)8910 : Þis was endleue hondred ȝer, & in þe niþe ȝer riȝt After þat vr louerd was in is moder aliȝt.
- c1330 SMChron.(Auch)1816 : Rirȝt [Roy: Yet] in þe somer afterward Comeþ þe danismen hiderward.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2317 : Riȝt wiþ þat ilke, þei herd an huge route of horse.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.916 : He chees hym for to wende And come agayn right at the yeres ende.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)2676 : Alisaunder and his barouns..wenten to þassaut sone, Riȝth abouten þe ȝonge none.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)18.91 : He seighed & sayde..'Haue on me reuth, riȝtful ihesu!' & riȝt with þat he wept.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)1068 : I have a wele rinand page, Wil stirt þider right in a stage.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.71 : Right with that was Antenor ycome Out of the Grekis oost.
- (1440) Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)104 : A heuenely vision with a voys had sche Rith in hir sleep.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)17/21 : Þe which goost anoon, riȝt aȝein þe euentide, dyd hym in liknes of a pilgrym.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1157 : They were As fressh as men had writen hem here The selve day ryght.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)431 : Als radly as þe riche kyng rase on þe morne, Riȝt in þe dawyng of day, a diuinour he callis.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)814 : Þei weude [?read: wende] Sidrak haue slain right In þat stounde.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6554 : Te Laferrd Jesu Crist Wass borenn..Rihht i þe land off Ȝerrsalæm.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)781 : Þa brac þat sweord in his hond, riht bi þere hilte.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)31/24 : Ðat liht of his ansiene is ȝemarked riht uppen us.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)87/1474 : He dude horn in late Riȝt at halle gate.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1604 : He lay bi luzan ut on nigt, A ston under hise heued rigt.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)10094 : He was ibured..Riȝt at is fader uet.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2570 : Þe werwolf an huge hert hade hunted..& riȝt be-fore hem boþe brouȝt hit to deþe.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.554 : Vpon the cop right of his nose he hade A werte.
- c1390 NHom.Narrat.(Vrn)17.273/101 : His Arwes ful euene smat Riht on þe Olde Mon.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)5773 : Do þam right her me mak offrand, Apon þe topp right on [Göt: riht of] þis hill.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)885 : Ryȝt byfore Godez chayere..Her songe þay songen.
- c1400 Titus & V.(LdMisc 622)2438 : Riȝth evene in [Pep: The ensample I telle þe as hit sitte Ryȝt in þe boke of holy writte].
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)129 : The medewe softe, swote, and grene, Beet right on the watir syde.
- ?a1450 MLChrist (Add 39996)1074 : Right biside þe hegh way A blynde pore man þer lay.
- c1450 *Bk.Marchalsi (Hrl 6398)28a : Loke up-on hys crowpe riȝt aboue þe haunchys.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)106a/b : The signys of þis vlcus ambulatiuum ben rehersid here riȝt in þe diffinicioun.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)354/45 : Abide me here right on this hill.
c
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)414 : Eȝȝþerr heore ȝede swa Rihht affterr Godess lare Þatt fand mann nan þing upponn hemm To wreȝenn.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1580 : Ich do þe wel to witene hær bi mine writ rith [Otho: her riþt bi mine write] þat mi drihliche lond atwa ich habbe ideled.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)75/19 : Ðe crauiere [glossed: deuele]..wile crauen of elchere senne, and betellen riht after godes awene worde, ðat tu aust him to folȝin to helle.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)141 : Þis chapmen nimeþ Iosep riȝt bi þe hond, & so hi ledeþ Iosep into Egipte lond.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)214 : So komes þer a werwolf riȝt bi þat way þenne.
- (c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.168 : Right with this swerd than wol I sle yow bothe.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.3917 : Right in his cherles termes wol I speke.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)3013 : He..setteþ hym ryȝt at þe leste.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)59 : Al is roþeled and rosted ryȝt to þe sete.
- a1425 NHom.(3) Leg.Suppl.Hrl.(Hrl 4196)143/88 : Þai raised a rofe right at þaire will.
- (?a1430) Hoccl.MG (Hnt HM 111)125 : Vn-to oon of yow seide he Right in this wyse.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)272 : The remenaunt was wel kevered to my pay Ryght with a subtyl coverchef of Valence.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)18/15 : Ysaac..riȝtaȝens his wille, his ȝonger sone he made his heyr.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)3485 : [They] hadden þe wedur ryȝt at hurre wylle.
- c1450(c1386) Chaucer LGW Prol.(1) (Benson-Robinson)433 : Y aske yow this man, ryght of your grace, That ye him never hurte in al his lyve.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)105a/b : Þou schalt waische þi wounde riȝt in þe same manere as it is tauȝt in þe secunde chapiter of þis same distinccioun.
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)427 : We schull hym asayle Ryȝt be Godes grace Yer he þys forest passe.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)219/32 : Ryth vp thes foure complexcions of [?read: are] foure Humours of the body, whyche answaryth to the foure Elementes.
d
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)589 : To swinke men wold him to For mete and robes riȝt.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.371 : In hir sleep right for impressioun Of hir mirour she hadde a visioun.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.649 : Right for despit were peynted hem bisyde..pyes, on hem for to crye and chyde.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)3382 : Se now here a grete myschaunce Come ryȝt as for veniaunce.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)1251 : Casuelly no porter at the gate, As it hadde be right for the nonys.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.510 : In-with the paleis gardyn..Gan he and I..to dwelle, Right for to speken of an ordinaunce.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.1821 : In hymself he lough right at the wo Of hem that wepten for his deth so faste.
- (1440) Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)39 : Ȝet haue I deuocioun..in his benygnyte, Rith for þis cause and þis conclusion.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)223 : I had be..ded, ryght thurgh defaute of slep.
1c.
As intensifier with adverbial clauses: exactly, precisely, just: (a) with adverbial clauses of time and place: ~ after (er); ~ as, just as, right as; also, just where [quot.: ?a1425]; (b) with adverbial clauses of manner: exactly; ~ as (after, so as); (c) with hypothetical adverbial clauses of manner: ~ as (so, as though), just as if; ~ as hit were, as hit were ~, just like (sth.); (d) in clauses of comparison: ~ (..) as, ~ also sum, al ~ so, just as; (e) in correlative constructions, in both clauses: ~ as..~ so, ~ so as..~ so, ~ in the same manere as..~ so, just as..just so; (f) in one clause of two correlative clauses: ~ as..so (also, in the same manere, such), just as..so (similarly, such); ~ so as..the same, ~..as, exactly..as; ~ also..so, just as..as if; ~ so..as, just so..as; as (like, even as, like as)..~ so, also so..also ~, as (even as)..just so.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)2799 : Rihht affterr þatt tin greting word Wass cumenn i min ære, Min child..onngann To blissenn i min wambe.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2305 : Riȝt as þe breme bestes vs boþe schuld haue take, our wurþi werwolf..com.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.791 : Al sodeynly thre leues haue I plyght Out of his book right as he radde.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)3383 : Ryȝt as he was yn þe kote al dyght, A fyre brennyng on hym gan lyght.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1903 : He [fox] schunt for þe scharp & schulde haf arered; A rach rapes hym to, ryȝt er he myȝt.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.1077 : Riȝt as he his ship to lond sette, Þe quene Clemestra on þe strond [him] met.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)49b/a : Þe þrid skille is for þei susteine oþer holden vpp þe sensibilite off þe nerues and maken þe yȝen stronge riȝte as þei growe oute of hem.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)2431 : Ryȝt as þuse twey princes talodone þis..A letter from seynt Dunstone to hem comen ys.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)574 : He..fond a grete ladill, riȝt as he was gonde.
- a1475 *Hrl.Diseases Hawk B (Hrl 2340)34b : Take hyr [hawk] fayre & hesylly Ryte as sche syttes on hyr perch.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)118b/b : Riȝt anoon as a membre is brent, leie þeron þe ȝelke of an ey.
b
- c1390 Susan.(Vrn)203 : We schul..sei sadliche þe soþ, riȝt as we haue sene.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.924 : Aweie I wolde hem putte out of the stede Fro love, riht as thei me dede.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.322 : Right as yow list, gouerneth this matere.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)6524 : Y shal ȝow telle þe same wyse Ryȝt as manuel pecches seyse.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)931 : Claplaynez [read: Chaplaynez]..Rungen ful rychely, ryȝt as þay schulden.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)3295 : Þe seruandȝes did ryght als ihesus bad.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)1761 : God seeþ euery thyng Right as it is.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.175 : N'y nyl forbere..whil that ye me serve, Chericen yow right after ye disserve.
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)465 : It were expediente that they did right soo As wee do there.
- c1450(?a1400) Siege Milan (Add 31042)318 : I see oure vawarde ledde to heuene..Reghte as þay faughte in þe felde.
- c1450(c1400) ?Clanvowe Cuckoo & N.(Frf 16)79 : They..davnseden..two and two in fere, Ryght so as they had chosen hem.
- ?c1450(?c1390) ?Chaucer Merc.B.(Benson-Robinson)31 : I speke right as I mene.
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)1080 : Þey tok har way..Ryȝt as þe dwerk hem kende.
c
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)76 : Þi bodi is short..Þin eȝene boþ colblake & brode, Riȝt swo ho weren ipeint mid wode.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)2182 : He nas neuere of þe worse hewe for al þat he bledde þere, bote in guode heowe and cler inov, riȝt ase he liues were.
- c1300 SLeg.Edm.Abp.(LdMisc 108)15 : Ase a ded þing he layȝ, Riȝht ase he were ded-bore.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)186 : Þat holi fur..vorfreteþ menne limes riȝt as it were ibrend [vr. ryȝt as heo were brende].
- c1330 Le Freine (Auch)310 : Þus sche lad wiþ him hir liif, riȝt as sche hadde ben his wedded wiif.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.257 : His purchas was wel bettre than his rente, And rage he koude as it were right a whelpe.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)8738 : Hys ymage ful feyre depeynte, Ryȝt as he were a cors seynt.
- a1425 Nicod.(1) (Add 32578)1382 : Þan spake a voysse full hydousely, Ryght as it were a thonor blast.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.3.47 : Thilke answere procedith ryght as though men travaileden or weren besy.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)8/2 : Wreche..that presumez to tell thyngez þat ere to com, reȝte als þou were a prophete.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)126/30 : Þis herbe flowryth ryth as it were betanye, sawe þe flour is qwyt.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)58/1695 : Ther shalle we here the birdis synge and pley Right as the wood therwith shulde forshyuere.
d
- a1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1127 : Þær he wunede eall riht swa drane doð on hiue.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1188 : Ure Laferrd..Toc þildiliȝ..Þatt mann himm band..Rihht all swa summ þe shep onfoþ..þatt mann itt clippeþþ.
- ?c1335 Þe grace of godde (Hrl 913)165 : Riȝt as he com he sal wend, In wo and pine and pouerte.
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)10 : Þin emcristene loue also, Riht as þi-self þu most do.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.179 : Constantinopolis..was somtyme þe cheef citee of þe Est, riȝt as Rome was of þe West.
- (c1392) ?Westwyk EPlanets (Peterh 75)38/10 : Thy blake thred..shewith the verrey aux of the planete..riht as the white thred shewith the mene aux.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.2.98 : He not by which path, ryght as a dronke man not nat by which path he may retourne hom.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)44/32 : Þat sacrifice moste be actuel and also mental oonyd togyderis, riȝt as a vessel is oonyd wiþ watir which schal be presentid to a lord.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)80 : Of tho treuthis..sum thing muste be reule, riȝt as of hem sum thing muste be ground.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)33/19 : Riȝt fariþ it bi vs as by a childe þat were born & norischid in a dongoun vndir þe erþe.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)4.31.77a : Eueri good kyng is praysed be the example..of his condicion..right as a man is knowen be the visage.
e
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.2 : Riȝth as þe aduersites assailen vs..riȝth so arisen þe godes of grace.
- (c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.113,115 : Right so as thise philosophres write..Right so was faire Cecilie the white Ful swift, [etc.].
- (?1387) Wimbledon Serm.(Corp-C 357)114/845-6 : Ryȝt as in þe sixte day man was maad..ryȝt so in þe sixe þousand of ȝeris he was bout aȝen.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fri.(Manly-Rickert)D.1350,51 : Right as Iudas..was a theef, right swich a theef was he.
- c1400 *Aelred Inst.(1) (Vrn)452 : Riȝt as..flex is ibete wit a betyl..rith so oure flehs is ibete..wit temptacioun.
- ?c1425 Craft Number.(Eg 2622)13/22 : Ryght as þou subtrayd þe neþer figures fro þe hier figures, ryȝt so adde þe same neþer figures to þe hier figures.
- c1450(a1400) Lavynham Treat.7 Dead.Sins (Hrl 211)2/6,8 : Ryth as ne were þe rote of þe tre hyd in þe erthe..Ryȝt so ner pride ferst rotyd in mannys herte þer scholde no bronche of synne springyn owt of hym.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)141 : Riht as the corn sowen dooth more good..riht so the goodes that ben yiven ben more worth than the hepede.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)55/2,4 : Right as a good wif haþ Joy in bringing forth of a wel shape child..right so a soule is glad whan, [etc.].
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)113b/b : Riȝt in þe same maner as þe feet of þe fisch [Cancer or crabbe] ben..crokid, riȝt so haþ þis sijknesse manye crokide longe veynes.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)2.143,145 : Rith as þe hous-hennes..cherichen her chekonys..Ryth so þe hende egle..Hasteth him..to houyn his bryddis.
f
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)ded.289 : All swa se Godess Lamb..mihhte..Þa seffne innseȝȝless oppnenn..All swa rihht he [mihhte] lihhtlike inoh..Seffne godnessess shæwenn.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)369 : Fare we..riht al swo stille stelen swa we wolden.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1638 : To chaungen gan the colour in hir face; Right as the hunters in the regne of Trace..So ferden they in chaungyng of hir hewe.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)1812 : As he bad, ryȝt so þey dydde.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)4919 : Ryght so shal hyt of hem falle As dyd of Ely sonys alle.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)5041 : Ryght so as hem gan tyde, Swyche as þey were þe same mow byde.
- a1425(?a1400) PCounsel.(Hrl 674)165/6 : Riȝt is þe desire of þe soule as gropyng & steppyng is of þe body.
- a1425 Adam & E.(3) (Wht)78/24 : Riȝt as Adam clepide hem, sich is þe name of hem.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)52/1 : Right als the londes weren lost..so schull þei ben wonnen aȝen.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)150a/a : Riȝte as þe leper maye not ben heled, in þe same maner a verreie canker maie not ben heled.
- c1450(c1400) Rev.Jul.Norwich (Add 37790)52/5 : Als new ande als lykande as it es resayvede that tyme, ryght so schalle itt laste withowten ende.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)74/29 : Euene as þorw his wordis..many a soule was reformed, rith soo be þe touchyng of his cloþis, his hosen, or his girdyl..many a body was restored to helth.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)78/12 : Right as he entred in to blis..so he wold þat al his lymes entred into Joye.
- c1465 Insc.Baret in Camd.49 (Inscr)p.234 : Lych as I am, right so schal ȝe all be.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.1.2a : I preie..as þou hast forsaken þe worlde..riht so þat þin hert mighte be..torned holly to oure lord ihesu crist.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.336 : As..þe fadir..castyth þe ȝarde in þe feer, ryth so..he schal castyn hem in þe feer of helle.
- a1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)35/25 : Ryght as the Sparke makid the brond come, Also the brond shall make the fyre come aftyr.
- a1500 15c.Serm.Cycle(Hrl 2247:Powell)102/52 : Like as þe blesful presens of..God..maketh us all to do wele..right [vr. ryghȝt] so his absens..maketh us bareyn and voide of vertue.
1d.
As intensifier, in quasi-prepositional phrases: ~ as, as..~, just like (sth., sb., oneself).
Associated quotations
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)152/675 : Ȝef ȝe þer-of toke, Wyþ eȝen scholde ȝe forþ loke Ryȝt ase godes, And conne boþe god and quead.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1309 : Slayn is man right as [vr. like as] another beest.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.535 : God loued he best with al his hoole herte..And thanne his neighebore right as hym selue.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)173b/a : Þey shynen in face ryȝt as Aungels.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)7127 : Y do þan ryȝt as þe bras And as þe tympan þat bete was.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)23518 : Mare þan þam-seluen luue þai dright, þe angels taim als þam-seluen right.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)723 : Hys ryche no wyȝ myȝt wynne Bot he com þyder ryȝt as a chylde.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)114b/b : Polipus is a fleischie eminence in þe nose, & it haþ a fote riȝt as a fige.
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)103/253 : Scabbe wol brede in þe necke & on þe dok of þe taile riȝt as þe mangew.
- a1450 Þis word lordlinggis (Sln 2593)p.245 : This wor[l]d..faryt ryght as a neysche weye, That now is wet and now is dreye.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)97/4 : He hauys..stabyld his body right as a Citee.
2.
As intensifier: very, extremely; also, fully, quite: (a) with adverbs; ~ wel (muche, etc.); (b) with adverbial phrases: wholly, fully, quite; ~ for nought, in vain; (c) ~ nothing (nought), not at all.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)pref.8 : Crist maȝȝ þurrh Amminadab Rihht full wel ben bitacnedd.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6281 : Þuss mihht tu ledenn her þatt lif Rihht wel, wiþþ Godess hellpe.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)20/10 : Þench riȝt wel ine þine herte hou ofte þe hest y-do þe ilke zenne.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1426 : Þe messageres riȝt realy were arayde.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1233 : Oonly the sight of hire..Wolde haue suffised right ynogh for me.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.639 : Toward this worldes grace He semeth to be riht wel thewed.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)3292 : Y dyghte my heuede ryȝt moche with pryde.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)2653 : Þat cite was riȝth fyne riche.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.8139 : Prothesilaus..riȝt passyng strong..entrid in among Þe hardy Troyens.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)110/37 : Inflaciouns..falle in riȝt depe when þat we þirste ham wiþ oure fyngres.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)37/19 : Þe herars wer oftyn-tyme steryd..to wepyn ryt sadly.
- (1447-8) Paston2.330 : He hath ben þe man þe whech I have trostyd ryth meche.
- a1450(?c1350) Pride Life (ChrC-Dub)438 : Det wol cum rit son.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)78/19 : Late þe sike man..hille hym riȝt warm.
- c1460 Dub.Abraham (Dub 432)22 : Go to Abraham þat I loue riȝt wele.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)91b/a : Þat poudre..brenneþ riȝt feruently.
- c1475 St.Patr.Purg.(2) (Brm)p.93 : They fettyn forthe naylys stronge..and reyth full longe.
- a1500 in James Cat.MSS Trin-C.3.494 : And ruyȝte wele suffre scharpe medicynes and if he were of good complexion.
- a1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)51 : He knewe ryght wele that and Jhesu deyed, he schuld lese hys power.
- a1500 Now wursheppful (Tan 407)3 : We recomaunde vs ryght Plesantly to ȝour persones.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)8208 : Sloh Herode king All rihht forr nohht ta chilldre.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)15183 : Þus heo gunnen delen þene dæi longe, riht to þan euening.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)810 : Þanne a-ros sche raddely & romden riȝt in-fere.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.804 : I wol my self goodly with yow ryde Right at myn owene cost.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)19651 : Noȝt he ete þre daies riȝt.
c
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)3843 : Þohh þatt he grissliȝ deofell seo, Niss he rihht nohht forrfæredd.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4752 : Rihht nohht dreriȝ ne beo.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)13656 : Nile he rihht nohht follȝhenn þa Þatt hidenn here sinness.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)485 : Ne meue ȝe ov riȝt nouȝt!
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)3791 : He þe loueþ riȝt nouȝt Þat in þat wille þe haþ y-brouȝt.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)8230 : Oure maystry may ryȝt noȝt be sene.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)3000 : Ȝe ar men doutes god riȝt noȝt.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)2071 : Myn herte is youres, and myn right nought.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)175/213 : Merthis þerfore make ȝe and be ryght no thynge sadde.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)7102 : Synne þat a man haþ wroght May charge anoþer right noght.
3.
As intensifier with adjectives: (a) very, very much, extremely; (b) in phrases: ~ a, a very; ~ of a, of a very; (c) fully, wholly, entirely, completely; also, exactly; (d) in titles of honor, esp. in forms of address: ~ reverent (trusti, worthi, etc.); also with adj. as noun; (e) ~ al, al..~, absolutely all; ~ no (non); ~ such, just such; ~ the same, just the same; (f) with numerals: exactly; also, fully; (g) with adjectival phrases: exactly, precisely; ~ ofsuch, of just such.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) Pref.Jer.(Bod 959)1.4 : To me þi lytyll ȝiftis..haþ Ibrouȝt..riȝt swete lettrez.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.288 : He was nat right [vr. rygh] fat.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.570 : Thi wittes ben riht feer to seche.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)2355 : Þefte ryȝt wykked ys.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)19.8 : Pieres þe plowman was..riȝte lyke in alle lymes to owre lorde ihesu.
- a1425(?a1400) Cloud (Hrl 674)6/19 : Wiþ-oute ful specyal grace..þe werk of þis book is riȝt trauelous.
- a1425 Proph.6 Kings (Glb E.9)146 : His sembland to seke rest [?read: reght] lykind sal be.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.pr.5.29 : Hastow foryeten thilke ryght oolde [L antiquissimam] lawe of thi citee?
- ?1435 Lond.Chron.Jul.(Jul B.2)2 : This same yere was a Riht Sharpe Wynter.
- (?1438) Let.Ferrers in WANHSM 18 (Lngl 3)12 : I have ben ryte seke.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)8/29 : Alexander..wexe strange & reȝte hardy.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)125 : Riȝ [vr. ryggt] whit and clene brede of whete stanchiþ al manere of hete þat is ouirmykil.
- c1450 I am sory (Cai 383/603)p.317 : Wanne yc haue rythe god wyne, Me liste drynke non ale.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)6/19 : It were right mery ofte to haue in mynde þe swete wordis of þe prophete dauith.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1052/10 : Whan ye have bene in ryght grete daungers, he hath succoured you.
- (a1475) Recipe Painting(2) in Archaeol.J.1 (Sln 73)153 : Thow schalt fynde fyn vertegrece and riȝt good.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.3.3a : Þanne bihoueth þe for to be rihst bisy.
- c1475 Of yiftis (Hrl 2251)7 : Of the sangwyne also it is a signe To be demure, rigthet curteys and benynge.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)201/20 : I write dyuers rygh good and necessary notabilitees of the vertu of Prayere.
- a1500 Chartier Quad.(2) (Rwl A.338)136/9 : As the maisters shewen vs by the right [CQ(1): moost] inestimable science of astrologie.
- a1500 Truth it (Cnt Add 68)p.71 : A ryghth fayer sterre to them dede peere.
b
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.757 : He was right a murye man.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.1789 : He..made riht a glad visage.
- ?c1400 Earth(3) (StJ-C E.24)st.5 : Þan schal erþe haue of erþe riȝt a foule stink.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)8/7 : Constantinople es riȝt a faire citee.
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)1199 : Loke þat þay..be trapped in gete..Ryghte of a fyne veluete.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)44/2 : It is righte a loueable thinge to serue God and to halowe his seintes.
- (c1449) Paston1.236 : He wost qhere a man was þat laboryd to hym for a mater ryth a long tym.
- (1453) LRed Bk.Bristol2.201 : That the saide preste for the time beyng be right a well rulid man and a pesible.
- (1465) Paston1.529 : I cepe here ryth a good felawschep, and mor wer promysyd me.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)179/17 : It is right a good thyng for a man to holde his peas.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)1739 : There he lith with right a grete powre.
- a1500(a1475) Ashby Dicta (Cmb Mm.4.42)1088 : It is..right of a goode, feithful entencion.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)78/33 : Softe slowthe is right an harde steppemodir.
c
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)639 : [Christ was] offringlac rihht god inoh..To lesenn mannkinn þurrh hiss dæþ Ut off þe deofless walde.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4607 : Maggdennhad & widdwesshad, Ȝiff þatt itt iss rihht clene, [etc.].
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)154/8 : His [Satan's] heaued is ihacket of & he islein i þe mon sone se he eauer is riht sari for his sunnen.
- c1300 SLeg.Brendan (LdMisc 108)469 : Þo cam sone a souþerne wynd and northþe-ward drof heom faste; Riȝt euene with heom he was, and eiȝte dawes he laste.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)74/15 : Into heuene..ne geþ in naȝt bote hit by riȝt briȝt.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)18.368 : May no drynke..my [Christ's] thruste slake Tyl þe vendage falle..Þat I drynke riȝte ripe must -- resureccio mortuorum.
- ?c1400 Treat.Geom.(Sln 213)60 : Loke þe holes of þi quadrant be right straite.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)389/20 : Why seyde I by mene & mediacioun of rieht blessid Marye?
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)101/227 : When he is riȝt drie..anoynte him.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)48/15 : It schal be ryght wel at the laste eende to hym that dredes god.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)10/13 : His religioun wich he shewith is right vayne and ydel.
- (a1475) Recipe Painting(2) in Archaeol.J.1 (Sln 73)153 : Whanne thou seest the leyt arise riȝt blood reed, thanne is thi vermyloun maad.
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)1743 : Lambard..broȝte hym at þe castell gate And fond hyt open ryȝt.
- a1500 *Lanfranc CP (Wel 397)30a/9 : A generall rewyle..is þat he is not all ryght helyd bot he be done away with all his roton.
d
- (1418) MSS PRO in App.Bk.Lond.E.294 : Worshipful fader yn god, right trusty and welbeloued, We grete yow wel.
- (1424) Stonor1.39 : Ryth welle belovyd syr, I grete yow well.
- (1443) Doc.Trade in BRS 776 : To the right reverent fader in god..the bisshop of Bathe.
- (1450) Doc.in Leach Educ.Chart.421 : Oure ryght special lord..graunted unto us all his latyn bokes.
- c1450 Treat.Fish.(Yale 171)137/14 : Þe ryȝght nobul duke of ȝorke, late calde master of the game, hathe dyscryved the myrthes of huntyng.
- (1457) LRed Bk.Bristol2.184 : The right worthi and reuerent Sirs William Canyng, Mayre of Bristowe, [etc.].
- (1458) Let.Sou.in Sou.RS 22 (Sou SC.2/9/2)12 : Right trusty and right welbeloued, we grete you wele.
- (?a1462) Paston2.268 : Wee to payn iij c mark from vs..and..to haue suffycyant recorde of ryte worschepfful men.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)29/23 : Ryth sovereyn fadyr..euer we thank ȝow.
e
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)18961 : Acc hemm ne cumeþþ rihht na god.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)18977 : Hemm ne cumeþþ rihht nan god.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2951 : Ðis wreche in al egypte rigt Lestede fulle seuene nigt.
- 1372 Als i lay vp-on (Adv 18.7.21)30 : Man wold i rith none.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.175 : So may be that thow Art riht such on.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.565 : So recorde I..What I to hire telle schal, Riht al the matiere of mi tale.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)4506 : Forȝeuenes shal be ryght none.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)28794 : For-þi receues he right nan Almus þat o wrang es tan.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1524 : Ryght such a maner murmurynge..hyt semed me.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)126/33 : Ryght þe same body þat died on þe Crosse..is on þe Sacrament on þe awtur in forme of brede.
f
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)552 : Aȝȝ haffde þeȝȝ off wukess þa Rihht fowwre & twenntiȝ filledd.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4333 : Þu findesst..Rihht ehhte siþe an hunndredd.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)80 : His firme kinde dei was a-gon On walkenes turn, wid dai and nigt Of foure and twenti time rigt.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2462 : Sum on, sum ðre, sum vii nigt, Sum xxx, sum xii moneð rigt.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)6207 : Now xxiiij ouris right Beth in þe day and in the night.
g
- (c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.26 : I haue here doon my feithful bisynesse After the legende in translacioun Right of thy glorious lyf and passioun.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)344 : Þe bonk þat he blosched to and bode hym bisyde Wern of þe regiounes ryȝt þat he renayed hade.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.364 : His spirit mette That he hire saugh a temple, and al the wise Right of hire look.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)1301 : He was right of sich an age As Youthe his leef, and sich corage.
4.
(a) Straight, directly; also, in the right direction; also fig.; ~ as a rammes horn; ~ north (west), due north (west); with ~ stondinge eres, with ears erect; (b) at once, immediately; (c) upright, erect; ~ up.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)676 : Neðelas Brutus..ferde riht [Otho: riþt] on his wei.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)8494 : Summe heo uerden riht norð, & summe heo uerden suð forð.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12679 : Uorð heo gunnen sturien auer riht þene wæi þet touward Munt Giu lai.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)149/14 : Ðe hali faderes..waren spekinde betwen hem on hwilliche wise me mihte rihtist and sikerest to gode cumen.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)52 : He cumeð to heuene So rigt so he cunne.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)10091 : Þanene he ferde forþ and droh him riht norþ.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)952 : A michel fier he sag..Sliden ðor twen ðo doles rigt.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)160/1 : Þise zeue uirtues lokeþ and ledeþ wel riȝte and wel zikerliche þane gost of wytte.
- 1372 In bedlem is (Adv 18.7.21)44 : Þider þei riden ful rithte.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ecclus.41.2 : Whos weies ben riȝt straȝt [WB(2): ben dressid; L directae sunt] in alle thingis.
- c1390 Treat.Mass (Vrn)131 : I rede þou here a masse to ende.. Þou schalt..þi weyes wende þe Rihtore, Þorwh him þat mihtes may.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)1203 : Her waye so riȝth hij nome Þat þai to þe cite come.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)4.14 : Þe frek..riȝt renneþ [C: rod forth] to resoun.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.2031 : I skaped..And cam to an yle riȝt as any lyne.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.1566 : Lat us faste go Right to th'effect, withouten tales mo.
- a1425 *York MGame [OD col.] (Dgb 182)i : The hare that rennyth with right stondyng eers is but litell aferde.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)18/7 : Men myghte go more right to þat hauene.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)90a/a : Bi inscisioun it is..kut..ryȝt or streyȝt fro þe lacrimale..vn to þe bothme or grounde.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1057 : Thane he..Raykez towarde þe renke reghte with a ruyde will.
- a1450(a1449) Lydg.RHorn (Hnt EL 26.A.13)56 : Eche astate is gouerned yn sothenesse, Conueied be lyne -- right as a rammes horne.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)15720 : He sailed al day, & on þe nyght Vmwhile boþe wrong & ryught Til he com in-til an ilde.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)10/11 : Sche þoutȝ þat sche stood on a fair tre planed al rith lich a reule.
- a1475(1430) Lydg.St.Marg.(Dur-U Cosin V.2.14)228 : The Iuge..Lete..Hir flesshe be rente in his cruelte, Whos blode ran doun right as eny lyne.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)152/16 : On to my ryal paleys þe wey lyth ful ryght.
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)1078 : Þey tok har way ryȝt west.
b
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1736 : Lateþ beo & beoþ isome, An fareþ riht to oþer [read: ower] dome.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)23/381 : He ȝeode in wel riȝte To Rymenhild þe briȝte.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7972 : Þis acord was vaste imad..So þat þis tueye breþeren gode frend were þo riȝt.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)714 : Þo he went hom ful riȝt.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.1390 : Vn to Dianes temple gooth she right.
- c1400 PPl.C (Vsp B.16)20.332 : And rith [Hnt: lyarde he prykede, And wente away as þe wynde].
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.2793 : Horestes..to Delos gan hasten him ful riȝt.
- a1425 Arth.& M.(LinI 150)1520 : Whan hit was come to þe nyȝt, Wiþ Merlyn he mette ryȝt.
- c1450(?a1400) Siege Milan (Add 31042)1067 : The Sarazene was curtays in þat fighte And lawses owt a knyfe full righte.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)732/20 : Whan hit was day they were arayed all in grene..And ryght thes four knyghtes cam into the fylde endlynge and thorow.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)161 : Sir, and thy sonne wille thedir Right, The lenger I wolle hym abyde And helpe hym there.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)11/49 : That shall bi thi fals chekis..And haue agane as right.
- ?a1525(?a1475) Play Sacr.(Dub 652)309 : Forty pownd, and pay yt ful ryght, Evyn for þat Lorde sake.
c
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1919 : He hem adde is dremes told, Ðat is handful stod rigt up soren.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)47a/b : Sette þe pacient streyȝt vp bifore þe, or sittyng if he may not stonde riȝt vp [Ch.(2): vpriȝt; L erectus].
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)434 : Dresse hit forthe, and almondes or paynes fryed..styk hom right up therin.
- ?c1450 in Aungier Syon Mon.300 : In ther goynge also, alle moste behaue them..honestly..Not..holde to ryghte up the hed, but somewhat down to the ȝerthe.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)76.49 (v.2: p.69) : The stocke stondyng right vp .. was of cipresse, the ovirthwerte tree whereto his handis were nailed were of palme.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)110.339,349 (v.2:p.175) : 'Lorde, I haue .. nat vsurpid to be crucified right vp [L rectus] liche as thou were' ..: Petir wolde nat be crucyfied right [L rectus].
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)29 : O ȝe souerens þat sytt and ȝe brothern þat stonde ryght wppe, Pryke not yowr felycytes in thyngys transytorye.
- c1484(a1475) Caritate SSecr.(Tak 38)150/24 : Walke softly a thousand pacys, or ellis stonde ryght vppe.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.297 : Þe watir stood in eyþir syde of hem riȝth up as a wal.
5.
On the right side (as opposed to the left); ~ and lift, on all sides.
Associated quotations
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21639 : Ouer and vnder, right and left, In þis compas godd all has left.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)85/14 : Euery place of the erthe is and hath fourefold difference, þat is to sey, before, behynde, right [Lambeth: on þe Ryght syde; L dextra], and left.
6.
All the way (from, into, over, through, unto, up to); ~ doun, all the way down (upon); ~ thider, all the way there; ~ to, all the way to; also, as far as.
Associated quotations
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.656 : Fra Þrokonholt riht þurh al ðe fen to Dereuorde.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6623 : Þa kingess..Fundenn forrþrihht tatt steorrneleom, Þatt ledde hemm rihht to Criste.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)43/449 : [Juliana] bond bihinden his rug ba twa his honden..& duste him ruglunge adun riht to þer eorðe.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3322 : At euen cam a fugel-fligt Fro-ward arabie to hem rigt.
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)254 : To heuene he steih þurw his mihte, Riht in-to his faderes sihte.
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.7 : On..was cloþed in an Aube riȝth vnto þe erþe.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2569 : Þe werwolf an huge hert hade hunted riȝt þider.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)3965 : Þe hert þat was so fair of siȝt Ouer þe Ryuer swam ful riȝt.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.5351 : Of pich sche toke him a pelote The which he scholde into the throte Of Minotaure caste rihte.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)22678 : All þe stanes..Right vn[t]o [Göt: Right vnto; Frf: riȝt in-to] þe abime fra heþen Sal smitt togedir.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1341 : Þay..at þe gargulan bigynez on þenne, Ryuez hit vp radly ryȝt to þe byȝt.
- a1425(a1400) Titus & V.(Pep 2014)894 : Ȝif he aske whenys I come, I schal say, 'ryȝt fro Rome.'
- a1425 *York MGame [OD col.] (Dgb 182)xxxiii : Lete þe houndes..eete þe flessh to þe harde bone fro afore þe sholders reght to þe heede.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)149/23 : Þase desertez laste riȝt to Paradyse terrestre.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)738 : This wal..Was clove a-two, ryght from the top adoun.
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)95/149 : Take & fille ful þe holes of podur of bremston riȝt to þe grounde.
- c1450 Metham Palm.(Gar 141)108/4 : Yff ony lyne..assende ryght vp to the rote off the schewyng fynger, yt sygnyfyith soden deth.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)473/20 : Sir La Cote Male Tayle sanke ryght downe uppon the erthe.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)44a/b : Peritonius is þat place þat is wiþinneforþ conteyned wiþ þe cod riȝt vnto þe hole of þe ars.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)5907 : He..rof þurgh the Ribbes right to þe hert.
7.
(a) In accordance with the facts, correctly, accurately; also, with veracity, truly; ?~ iknouen, well-known; (b) correctly according to nature, custom, or rule; (c) asserting the truth of a statement: for a fact, for certain, indeed; ~ in dede, completely, absolutely; (d) in accordance with orthodoxy; ~ bileved (ileved, trouinge), of the right belief.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)72/9 : He ne sæde na riht.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)ded.97 : Himm bidde icc þatt het write rihht.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)13811 : Natanaæl..Þatt I þe sahh unnderr fictre, Þu cnawesst rihht & trowwesst.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)497 : Ic wile rigt tellen, if ic can, Adam, seth, [etc.].
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2124 : Ioseþ rechede his drem wel rigt.
- a1325(c1300) Songs Langtoft (Cmb Gg.1.1)p.286 : Scatered heir the Scotes..Ritht if y rede, Thay toumble in Twede.
- (a1333) Herebert Soethþe mon (Add 46919)15 : Mon..is..wyth sorewe rend and tore, ȝyf he ryth þencþ of hys ware.
- ?c1350 Ballad Sc.Wars (Jul A.5)99 : Rym itt es recth als þou may For ay skill ii tell it þee.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)508 : If i can þat riȝt arede, þat blod him compþ of þe.
- c1390 Talking LGod (Vrn)2/18 : Men schal fynden lihtliche þis tretys..ȝif hit beo riht poynted..To beo more louesum to hem þat hit reden.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)682 : Þo men fallyn..yn plyȝt Þat sweryn oþer fals or ryȝt By any menbre of hys manhede.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)793 : Ȝyf þou þe tale ryȝt [vr. ryghtely] canst here, Twey þynges þeryn maystþou lere.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)4581 : God sese right Þat we er freyle.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3032 : Ther was a womman eke that hight Shame, that, who can reken right, Trespas was hir fadir name.
- a1425 Wel were hym (CmbAdd 5943)11 : Wol god..þat al men myȝt y-knowe how here hert & moȝt stent as ryȝt as norþe & sowþe to þylke hy but sowe.
- c1440(c1350) Octav.(1) (Thrn)133/1100 : He thoghte..The childe was comene of gentille blode; Hym thoghte righte, als it was.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)690 : In palmers wede they be dyght That no man sholde knowe them ryght.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1740 : Þou may reȝt [Dub: wele] lycken Þe store strenthe of oure stoure to sternes of þe heuen.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)152 : The Pardoner & þe Miller..Pyrid..oppon the glase..And a red also right as Rammys hornyd: 'He berith a balstaff.'
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)536/7 : Beside the wey..where Edward dwelled, right I-know in the same lond of the forsaid holy mynchons.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)176/444 : Parys..þou art þe trewest knyght, And all þyng þou Jugest ryght.
- a1500 Heyle be þu ladye (Cmb Ii.6.43)2 : Heyle be þou, ladye so bryȝt! Gabriel þat seyde so ryȝt, 'Cryst ys wyth þee.'
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)372 : Leeue it well..& men ryȝt-lokede, Þer is more pryue pride in prechours hertes Þan þer lefte in Lucyfer er he were lowe fallen.
b
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)11/22 : Þis boc ich todeale on eahte destinctiuns..euchan riht [to þe earre.
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)624 : Hose now iseȝe heere A child þat riht ilimed nere, Þat þreo feet and þreo honden beere, [etc.].
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)32/13 : Þabbes sal take gude yeme þat þe vris of godis seruise be finist right.
- c1475 Lydg.OFools (Nero A.6)26 : The x fole may hoppe vp-on the rynge..and lede ryghte [Ld 683: of riht] the dawnce.
- c1450(c1400) Emare (Clg A.2)86 : Syr Tergaunte..presented þe emperour ryght.
c
- a1275 Louerd asse þu ard (Trin-C B.14.39)349 : Ate feste of seint benedist, þenne is þe dai euene wid þe nist; nim þenne mone of foirtennist, þe necste sunedai þer hefter paske rist.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)2235 : Men sett þe merkes þere At westeminster ful riȝt, Hot yren to bere For sir tristrem þe kniȝt.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.659 : Wel I woot he lyed right in dede.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)12430 : Aftyr þat wyl cumþ a syȝt; Aftyr a syghte, a speche ful ryȝt.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)21.29 : And lout sal þai in his sighte Alle hinehedes of genge ful righte.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)1568 : He vnderstood Þat he was riȝth of kynges blood.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)6150 : He sal say þan, 'commes now til me..And weldes þe kyngdom þat til yhow es dight Fra first þat þe werld was ordaynd right.'
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)294 : Ther salle the Rownde Tabille losse the renowne Be-syde ramessaye fulle ryghte at a rydynge.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)26/31 : To ouer-wenyng hauȝteyn knyghte Of many a grace is voide ful ryghte.
- c1450 Chaucer HF (Frf 16)1551 : And ryght, lo, al this companye Seydyn sooth and noght a lye.
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)121 : Wysdam, þat was Gode and man ryght, Made a full sethe to þe Fadyr of hewyn.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)37/471 : Thise ar of mercy tokyns full right.
- ?a1525(?a1475) Play Sacr.(Dub 652)853 : I sold yon same Jewys owr Lord full ryght.
d
- a1150(?OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)66/30 : Hine uneaðe ænig riht gelefed mann mid þan heofonlicen kinges tacne gebletsigen mote.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)124/870 : Lauerd, leome ant lif of alle riht bileaue[de]..iheiet beo þu.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)155a/a : Jordan..hath many priuyleges; firste, for he þat [Mrg: he departeþ] þe cuntre of ryght byleued men from þe cuntre of mysbyleued men.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)2 Tim.2.15 : Bysyly charge þiself to gyfe þee a profhable werkare, not confusyble but riȝttretande þe woord of soþnes.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)104b : Ryght trowande: ortadoxus.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)983 : Þei nolde bileeue right In Goddis vertu.
8.
Suitably for the purpose, well, thoroughly, properly; effectively, strongly, firmly.
Associated quotations
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)17214 : Þa birrþ himm all rihht læchenn himm Hiss þohht, hiss word, hiss dede.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)50/4 : Ȝe habbeð iherd, ȝef ȝe hercneden riht [Roy: ariht], hwet te hehe healent haueð me bihaten.
- a1300(c1250) Floris (Vit D.3)149 : Wise & reden wel riht [Cmb: he kan rede þe ariȝt].
- c1300 Horn (LdMisc 108)18/317 : Þou schalt me treuþe plyȝte In mine honde wel ryhcte.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)420 : He hem cloþede rith ne fedde.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2611 : Þo mouthe men se..late rithe Þe helmes heye on heued sette.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2454 : Ebrisse folc..wassen it [dead body] and kepen it rigt Wið-vten smerles seuene nigt.
- a1350 Wiþ longyng (Hrl 2253)24 : Þou rew ant red me ryht.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3583 : But of o thyng I warne thee ful right: Be wel auysed..That noon of vs ne speke noght a word.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)2441 : Þe gospel commaundeþ ryȝt, 'holde nat hys seruyse ouer nyght.'
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)373 : If þou redez hym ryȝt, redly I trowe Þat þou schal byden þe bur þat he schal bede after.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.1251 : The blysful goddes..Han in my drem yshewed it ful right.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)13834 : He ordand hym and ȝode with baytell ryȝt arayd.
- c1450 Hys signe (Eg 3307)p.76 : The Faders vois was herd on hyght: 'This ys my Son; me plese hym ryght.'
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)39/131 : God xal enforme þe and rewle þe ful ryght.
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)463 : Euerych..cryde to hym full ryȝt: 'Þef, turne agayn and fyȝt!'
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)4295 : Hosyd and schode he was ryght; He semyd wele to be a knyght.
9.
(a) Righteously, virtuously; religiously, piously; (b) justly; also, deservedly; ~ bigeten, honestly acquired; (c) sincerely.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)56/20 : Þonne is swiðe mycel ðearf þæt we ilomlice..leorniæn hu we maȝen ure Drihtines bodum rihtest healdæn.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)ded.119 : Teȝȝ Godspelless hallȝhe lare Wiþþ fulle mahhte follȝhe rihht.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5992 : Illc an haliȝ mann þatt rihht Drihhtiness laȝhess haldeþþ Iss tacnedd þurrh þa fowwre deor.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3636 : Bokes he wrot of lore wal, Hu ðis folc hem rigt leden sal.
- a1350 Harrow.H.(Hrl 2253)24 : Moyses..heuede þe lawe to ȝeme ryht.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)2 Par.21.20 : He wente not rijȝt.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)1009 : Þe halyday þou holdest nat ryȝt.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6622 : Þai..heild his comamentes right.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)326 : When þacces of anguych watz hid in my sawle, Þenne I remembred me ryȝt of my rych lorde.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)23/211 : He bad hym reuerence right A maumet þat þai cald 'god of light'.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4872 : Noon goth right..Ne hath entent hool ne parfit.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)5/8 : He at [read: ah] at mustir..wel rede and singe in haly kirke, Gode a-saumpil til oþir at giue for to liue riht.
- c1440 Treat.PN(2) (Thrn)262 : Þan may he ryghte say his Pater noster.
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- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1645 : All þatt tu willt offrenn Godd..birrþ..clennlike don, Off rihhtbiȝetenn ahhte.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)115 : Ðet is kinges rihtwisnesse þet he..elche men deme riht.
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)109 : Ne mei him na Mon alsa wel demen ne alswa rihte [vr. rithte]..buten ane drihte.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)37/21 : Ðu ȝifst ðine eihte gode, and ðe seluen ðe dieule; Þat nis naht riht iscift.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)65/20 : Þench þet tu art eorðe..ne bispit me eorðe? þah me dude swa bi þe, me dude þe eorðe rihte.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Kings 17.18 : Þi breþeren þou schalt visiten if þei riȝt [WB(2): riȝli; vr. iustly; L recte] don.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)6341 : We are swore to dele hyt ryȝt And euen to parte hyt.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)8794 : Hyt ys sacrylage..To wyþholde þat falleþ to cherche ryȝt.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)9564 : Ȝyf achylde be dede bore..Ne peyne of hete ne of colde Hyt shal non fele, no ryȝt hyt wolde.
- c1500 Castle Love(3) (Ashm 61)180 : For defaute euery wyght Hys herytage may lese ryȝht.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)9911 : In þat he [judge] demeþ right, He synneþ not in þe plight.
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- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)6/48 : Hire leofmon..wule carie for hire..hwil ha riht luueð him wið soðe bileaue.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Roy 17.A.27)51/441 : Nis him no derure forto adweschen feole þen fewe biuoren [þeo] þet him luuieð riht ant leueð.
- a1450(?a1349) ?Rolle Heyle Ihū my (Cmb Dd.5.64)26 : Jhesu..graunt me grace to spede Þat I may lufe þe ryght.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)13104 : What syn so we haue done..god wyll forgyf als sone as we wyll ryȝt repent.