ricedom
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *rīkijadōmaz (“power, wealth”), equivalent to rīċe + -dōm.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rīċedōm m (nominative plural rīċedōmas)
Declension edit
Declension of ricedom (strong a-stem)
Descendants edit
- Middle English: richedom, ricche-dom, riche-dom
- >? English: richdom (probably calqued from continental West Germanic)
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “rícedóm”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.