dryhtcwen

Old English

Etymology

From dryht (“army, mankind”) +‎ cwēn (“queen”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdryxtˌkweːn/, [ˈdryçtˌkweːn]

Noun

dryhtcwēn f

1. (poetic) a noble queen

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	dryhtcwēn	dryhtcwēna, dryhtcwēne
accusative	dryhtcwēne	dryhtcwēna, dryhtcwēne
genitive	dryhtcwēne	dryhtcwēna
dative	dryhtcwēne	dryhtcwēnum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “dryht-cwēn”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.