n
u, m. O.Ir. n
s.
in rect
,
Wb. 13d27
. g
s.
ind rechto
,
15a34
,
cf.
1d16
,
21b13
,
Ml. 60b12
,
74b7
.
recto,
Thes. ii 247.15
(
Cambr.
38a
),
Wb. 2b26
.
rectto,
1d15
,
4d11
.
rechta,
18c9
,
21c1
(rccta).
Ml. 74b5
. Mid.Ir. rechta. n
d.
in da recht
,
Wb. 29a16
. n
p.
recte,
29a16
. a
p.
tri dub-rechtu,
Thes. ii 357.5
(
Hy. vii
). In
Mid.Ir. occas. treated as neut.: n
s.
recht n-airberta,
Eg. 88 f.
21a
(
O'Curry 2280
),
Alex. 851
below (perh. to be taken as d
s.).
Occas. written racht. reacht m. (g
s. n
p. -a),
IGT Dec. § 95
(p. 127.14)
.
(a)
law
, in wide sense of a collective system of prescripts,
whether traditional or codified or inherent; in Glosses = Lat.
lex (later superseded by dliged).
reacht, dlighe, lagh,
Eg. Gl.
520
.
forcetul recto Dee,
Thes. ii 247.15
.
iar riaglaib in rechta
diada,
PH 4227
. rom-soír-sa rect spirto di rect pectho (gl.
lex spiritus
. . .
a lege peccati
),
Wb. 3d20
. in rect comaccobuir
file i mballaib caích
the law of concupiscence
,
13d27
.
ro taisfen
filidecht ┐ brethemnas ┐ recht fer nErend olchéna,
RC vi
165.2
(
LU 9777
).
is tre ḟír flathemon cach recht rán,
ZCP xi
81 § 12
. recht, ┐ enech, ┐ ainim (foundations of social ordinances),
Laws i 230.4
(glossed:
recht, .i. flatha. Enech, .i.
Feni . . . Ainim, .i. eclasa,
ib. 9
).
fer rechta i n-ecosc dilsigh . . .
. . . do marbhadh,
iii 214.20
(i.e. killing a man who is within
the protection of the law, a homo legalis, in mistake for an
outlaw). elodhach rechta `an absconder from law',
v 174.17
.
breth rechta
a legal judgement
,
PH 2810
.
mar ar horduigheadh
reacht is dlighe . . . ar Éirinn,
Keat. iii 2349
.
(b) recht aicnid
the law of nature
(morality arising from
natural instinct): tar recht ṅ-aicnid, gl. cis naturae leges,
Sg.
217b16
. Used esp. of the moral law before the Mosaic legislation:
recht aicnig ro bai la firu Erind [sic] co tiachtain creitme,
Laws iii 26 y
. ateoch huile thuicsenchu rechta aicnid, im
Aibel, im Sheth, etc.,
Ir. Lit. 32.15
.
ni aidlingcet o nachaib
rechtaib nā fúiglib nā brethemnachtaib acht recht n-aicnid
namma,
Alex. 851
.
(c) in Glosses and earliest rel. lit. used (generally without
art.) in special sense of the Mosaic law (later a qualifying gen.
or adj. is usual):
is he-side ro fiugrad i rrecht et adfiadar i
soscelu,
Wb. 18c8
.
is ed ro boi hi rrecht digal cutrummae
frissin peccad,
Ml. 54c2
.
in recht arsata Muisi,
PH 487
.
Gamaliél .i. sai rechta,
1649
. aos rechta (those under the
Mosaic dispensation),
Hib. Min. 7.206
. luid fo recht . . . Críst
i callaind Enair
was made subject to the law
(by circumcision),
Fél. Jan. 1
.
do fuagradh isin tsenrecht can muic do ithe,
Maund. 61
.
eagluis an tsean-rachda,
Eochairsg. 5 z
.
ro scríb
[Moyse] i llébraib in rechta fáthacda,
PH 5731
. ateoch huli
thuicsinchu rechta fatha, im Eliam, im Eliseum, etc.
the law
of the prophets
,
Ir. Lit. 32.20
.
racht faide . . . .i. diriataidh na
faistine ro bi ac na faidhib anallut,
Laws iii 30.23
.
Of the new dispensation or Gospel law:
in da recht . . .
uetus et nouum nó na tri recte .i. naturae rl,
Wb. 29a16
.
on
dib rachtaib .i. ho phetarlaicc ┐ nufhiadnaise,
PH 6783
.
coinneal tóidhius teóra reachta (of Colum C.),
ZCP viii 197
§ 11
(as fem.).
ateoch huile thuicsenchu rechta nuafiadnaise,
Ir. Lit. 32.22
.
scéla an rechta naeí,
RC x 184.3
.
seacht sacramuinti an nuai-reacht,
Mac Aingil 2.8 Pref.
).
r.¤ litre the written law, scripture:
racht n-aicnig ┐ racht litre
(.i. tucastar Patraic leis),
Laws iii 28.3
,
7
. Cf.
ib. 30.31
. ateoch
huili thuicsenchu rechta litre, im Moysi, etc.,
Ir. Lit. 32.18
(where recht. l. is used of O.T.). Similarly:
doridnacht
recht bérlai báin do Moyse,
Ériu iv 136.7
(where bérla bán =
Latin, the lang. of Scripture).
In later writers of Scripture or church law:
don Choimdi[d]
ni comharba | nech nā lega a recht,
ACL iii 313 § 14
.
a n-aghoidh reachta ┐ chreidimh eguilsi De,
Fl. Earls 112.28
.
éin-eglas, éun-bhaisdedh ┐ éin-réchd,
Parrth. Anma 52.20
.
(d) of a particular law or ordinance
:
dia ro fuirmed recht
Adomnáin for Góedelaib,
FA 32
= r.¤ nA., LB. intí téte fo
recht n-imdibi
the law of circumcision
,
Wb. 20a12
. do rect
fognama do fiur
the law of service to a husband
,
10b22
. So in
pl.:
i carnd fhind na racht is na riaghal,
Ériu x 84 § 75
(: seacht, leg. reacht).
sruth Tibir i rRóim na recht,
ZCP viii
106 § 7
. Loosely used in chevilles: innis dúinni tré rechtaib
(i.e. as is due?),
Anecd. i 29 § 34
.
(e)
authority, rule
: Maelmorda . . . glorda a ṡét is a recht ríg.
LL 30a29
. do chruas rechta ríg Ailig `sway',
O'Gr. Cat. 384.7
.
níor chanas . . . glór ribh acht do reacht leabhar `according to
the books',
Content. xxiv 23
. recht n-abaidh iar sein ro gab
the authority (office) of an abbot
,
ZCP viii 115.6
.
(f) in abstr. sense
right, lawfulness
:
racht .i. ceart,
Lec. Gl.
116 M
.
recht .i. cuimsech,
O'Dav. 1349
. lucht mo ríartha ba
recht lais do beith accom
he thought it right that I should have
people to serve me
(?),
ZCP viii 220 § 31
. a ndernadar a daoine |
re Dia dh'adhbhar egaoine | reacht lind go dtanaig astegh | ar
brághaid ghill na nGaoidheal
we deemed it just until it was
visited upon the hostage of the G.
,
Irish Texts ii 105 y
. ?
ra recht
rubad,
TBC-LL¹ 1667
(`das Recht der Erstechungen', Windisch).
? fri cach racht cid fiala a flaithe
though their chiefs be generous
to every claim
(?),
ACL iii 296 § 38
.
Rare in compds.: mór a recht-blad dar rígaib `his rightful
fame',
Metr. Dinds. ii 48.34
. dā recht-iarla `two just rulers'
(
administrators of law
?),
MacCarthy 176 § 5
(
LL 128a51
).