Riht-wer

Old English Dictionary Entry

Riht-wer

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 riht-wer

m. A legitimate husband :-- Gif wíf hire rihtwer (virum suum legitimum) forlǽt, L. Ecg. P. ii. 8; Th. ii. 184, 25. riht-wer

Runic Inscription

ᚱᛁᚻᛏ-ᚹᛖᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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