rihtæw
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From riht (“right, legitimate”) + ǣ (“marriage”).
Noun
[edit]rihtǣw f
- legitimate marriage
- legitimate wife
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rihtǣw | rihtǣw |
| accusative | rihtǣw | rihtǣw |
| genitive | rihtǣw | rihtǣwa |
| dative | rihtǣw | rihtǣwum |
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “rihtǣw”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.