Riht-ǽw

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

e;

riht-ǽw

f. I. legitimate matrimony :-- Gehádedum mannum is beboden, ðæt hí cýþan sceolan folce hwæt on hálgum bócum áwriten is, and hí wísian, hú hí rihtǽwe healdan sceolan, Wulfst. 304, 18. II. a legitimate wife :-- Be ðam men ðe hæfþ his rihtǽwe (legitimam suam uxorem), L. Ecg. P. ii. tit. x; Th. ii. 180, 16. Se man ðe his rihtǽwe forlǽt and óðer wíf nimþ, ii. 8; Th. ii. 184, 21. Ðonne hé his rihtǽwe ǽrest hám bringþ, ii. 21; Th. ii. 190, ii. Gif hwylc man wið óðres rihtǽwe hǽmþ, ii. 10; Th. ii. 186, 6. riht-æw