rætter (OSw) ræt (ODan) retr (OGu) réttr (ON) adj.

This word has several different but associated meanings: 1) right, 2) real, 3) true, straight, unfaltering, the way things should be, 4) equitable.


appropriate OIce Kab 12
correct ODan SkBL
ODan VSjL 2
OIce Mah 10 Fml 1
ONorw GuL Llb, Tfb
ONorw MLL Lvb 4 Mah 11 Lb 4 Llb 34, 56 Kab 7, 8 Rb 1, 2
OSw BjR
OSw HL Kkb, Äb, Jb, Blb
OSw KrL Rb
OSw UL Kkb, Kgb, Äb, Blb
OSw VmL Äb, Rb

expedient OSw UL Kkb
OSw VmL Kkb

just ODan JyL Fort, 1
ODan SkL 55, 231
ODan VSjL 32, 60, 76
OSw HL Kkb
OSw YVgL Rlb, Add

justified OSw UL Kkb
OSw VmL Kkb

lawful ODan ESjL 2, 3
ODan JyL 2, 3
ODan SkL 67, 80
ODan VSjL 27
OIce Grg Klþ 1, 2 passim
OIce passim
ONorw FrL KrbA 46
ONorw MLL Þfb, Kdb, Lvb 9 Ert 9, 17 Lb 12 Llb 46 Kab, Rb 1, 2
OSw DL Rb
OSw KrL Gb Tb
OSw MEL Kgb Gb Jb Bb Tb
OSw MESt Kgb Gb Kmb Add

legal OSw HL Kgb, Rb
OSw YVgL Urb, Add

ordinary ODan JyL 2
prescribed OSw UL Kgb, Blb
proper ODan JyL 2
OGu GL A 1, 61
OGu GS Ch. 4
OIce KRA 14
ONorw BorgL 7
ONorw GuL Krb, Leb
OSw HL Kkb
OSw UL Kkb, Kgb, Mb, Blb
OSw VmL Kkb, Kgb
OSw YVgL Gb

qualified OIce Grg Þsþ 25, 58 Arþ 127
real OSw MEL Tb
right ODan ESjL 1, 2
ODan JyL 2
ODan SkL 72
ODan VSjL 3, 17, 71
ONorw MLL Mah 17, 20 Ert 6 Lb 8 Þjb 1
OSw DL Kkb, Mb, Bb, Gb, Rb
OSw HL Blb
OSw MEL Jb
OSw ÖgL Rb
OSw SdmL Äb, Jb, Bb, Tjdb, Rb
OSw YVgL Kkb, Urb

righteous ODan VSjL 32
OSw ÄVgL Äb
OSw YVgL Äb

rightful ODan ESjL 1−3
ODan JyL 1−3
ODan SkBL
ODan SkL 1, 7, 25, 29−31, 35, 80, 83, 144, 166
ODan VSjL 2, 20. 82
ONorw EidsL 22.1
ONorw GuL Krb
ONorw MLL Rb 3
OSw DL Gb, Rb
OSw HL Mb
OSw KrL Äb Jb Hb
OSw MEL Äb Jb Hb
OSw MESt Äb Hb Tb
OSw ÖgL Kkb, Eb, Gb, Äb
OSw SdmL Kkb, Äb, Jb, Bb, Kmb, Mb, Tjdb, Rb
OSw UL Kkb, Kgb, Äb, Mb, Jb, Kmb, Blb, Rb, Add. 4
OSw VmL Kkb, Äb, Mb, Jb, Bb, Rb
OSw YVgL Drb

straight OSw UL Blb
OSw VmL Bb

true ODan SkL 72
OIce Mah 10
OSw KrL Bb
OSw YVgL Tb, Föb

valid OSw YVgL Föb

Citation
  • ‘rætter’. A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law.

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/4423
    (06/12/2025)