Brewer's: Anon-rightes

Right quickly.

He had in town five hundred knightes, He hem [them ] of [off ] sent anon-rightes.

Arthur and Merkin, p. 88.

Ansarian The Moslems of Medina were called Ansarians (auxiliaries ) by Mahomet, because they received him and took his part when he was driven from house and home by the Koreishites (Kore-ish-ites).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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