unrihtwif

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From unriht +‎ wīf.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈunˌrixtˌwiːf/, [ˈunˌriçtˌwiːf]

Noun[edit]

unrihtwīf n

a woman of bad character

Declension[edit]

Declension of unrihtwif (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	unrihtwīf	unrihtwīf
accusative	unrihtwīf	unrihtwīf
genitive	unrihtwīfes	unrihtwīfa
dative	unrihtwīfe	unrihtwīfum

References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “unrihtwīf”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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