Forþ-wíf

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - forþ-wíf

According to the Old English Dictionary:

forþ-wíf
Substitute: A woman of rank, a great lady :-- Hláford dominus, forðwíf matrona (cf. þǽre hláfdian matrone, ii. 54, 65), hlǽfdige domina, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 78.

Related words: forþ-mann, -þegn. forþ-wif

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