rihtæw
Old English
noun
Definitions
- legitimate marriage
- legitimate wife
Etymology
Compound from Old English riht (right, legitimate) + Old English ǣ (marriage, law, life).
Origin
Old English
ǣ
Gloss
marriage, law, life
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
生
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *rehtaz Proto-Germanic
- eþelriht Old English
- geriht Old English
- landriht Old English
- leodriht Old English
- riht Old English
- rihte Old English
- rihtnes Old English
- rihtwis Old English
- unriht Old English
- upriht Old English
- æboc Old English
- æfæst Old English
- ælareow Old English
- ælædend Old English
- æsellend Old English
- æwbryce Old English
- æwita Old English
- æwlic Old English
- æwnian Old English
- ǣ Old English
- right Middle English
- riȝt Middle English
- *reht gmw-pro