ricedom
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Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *rīkijadōmaz (“power, wealth”), equivalent to rīċe + -dōm.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rīċedōm m (nominative plural rīċedōmas)
Declension[edit]
Declension of ricedom (strong a-stem)
Descendants[edit]
- Middle English: richedom, ricche-dom, riche-dom
- >? English: richdom (probably calqued from continental West Germanic)
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “rícedóm”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.