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wíf-líc

  • adjective
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wíf-líc, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§634;
womanly, of a woman, female, feminine
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  • Wíflíc

    muliebris,

      Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 17, 17.

  • Wíflíces

    femineis,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 20.

  • Wíflícum lícome of woeres ðú saldest líchome fruma

    femineo corpore de viri dares carne principium,

      Rtl. 109, 15.

  • Bútan wíflícre bysnunge

    without an example among women,

      Homl. Th. i. 198, 5.

  • Mid wíflíce níðe

    with all a woman's hate,

      Ors. 1,2 ; Swt. 39, 18.

  • Ðæt hé ne forðon wíflíce háde árede

    ut ne sexui quidem muliebri parceret,

      Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 24.

  • Áwyrp mé hyder ðínne scyccels, ðæt ic mæge ða wíflícan týddernysse oferwreón, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 211. Ia. as a grammatical term, feminine (gender) :-- Æfter gecynde syndon twá cyn on namum, masculinum and femininum, ðæt is werlic and wíflíc ; wíflíc cyn byð haec femina ðis wíf . . .

    Neutrum

    is náðor cynn, ne werlíces ne wíflíces,
      Ælfc. Gr. 6; Zup. 18, 5-15.
wifely, matronly
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  • Wíflícre

    matronalis,

      Hpt. Gl. 505, 36.

  • Wíflícere,

      520, 2.

  • Ða wíflícan,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 22.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. wíp-líh muliebris, femineus.]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wíf-líc.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/35612.

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