Riht-wíf

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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riht-wíf
n. A lawful wife :-- Hú mihte Abraham beón clǽne ꝥ hé nǽre forligr geteald þá þá hé hæfde cyfese under his rihtwífe? quomodo defenditur Abraham adulterii reus non esse, dum viventi legitimauxore sua conjunctus est ancillae suae?, Angl. vii. 46, 440. Sé þe hæbbe rihtwíf and eác cifese, Ll. Th. i. 406, 16: Hml. A. 204, 303. riht-wif
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