rihtwis

Old English

Alternative forms

  • rihtƿīs

Etymology

From riht + -wīs. Cognate with Old High German rehtwīs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrihtwiːs/, [ˈriçtwiːs]

Adjective

rihtwīs

  1. righteous, just

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Bosworth, Joseph. "riht-wís." An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Based on the Manuscript Collections of the Late Joseph Bosworth. Ed. Thomas Northcote Toller. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898. 798.
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