rihtæw

Old English

Etymology

From riht (“right, legitimate”) +‎ ǣ (“marriage”).

Noun

rihtǣw f

1. legitimate marriage
2. legitimate wife

Declension

Declension of rihtǣw

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	rihtǣw	rihtǣw
accusative	rihtǣw	rihtǣw
genitive	rihtǣw	rihtǣwa
dative	rihtǣw	rihtǣwum

References

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