Middle English Dictionary Entry
right-forth adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | right-forth adv. |
| Etymology | From right(e adv. & forth adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Directly, straight; advantageously; ~ reulen, to lead (sb. or sth.), direct; also, cause (sb.) to prosper.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ps.89.17 : Þe werkis of oure hondis riȝt-forþ rewle [WB(2): dresse thou; L dirige] vp on vs.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ps.101.29 : Þe sones of þi seruauntis shul wonen, & þe seed of hem in to þe world shal ben riȝt-forð rewlid.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ps.118.128 : To alle þyn hestis I was riȝtforþ rewled.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ps.139.12 : A janglynge man shal not be riȝtforþ rewled in þe erþe.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)434 : Ryghte foorthe: Recte, directe.