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ǽwe

  • noun [ feminine ]
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ǽwe, f. n. (? v. Hml. Th. ii. 322, 33 infra.)
A married woman; in pl. married people
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  • Gif hé cyfesan hæbbe and náne rihtǽwe . . . beó hit cyfes beó hit ǽwe (

    uxor

    ),
      Ll. Th. ii. 186, 2-5: 270, 6.
  • Ciric is sácerdes ǽwe; náh hé mid rihte ǽnige óþre,

      334, 24: 340, 5.
  • Oð þæt hé on rihtre ǽwe gewífige, and hæbbe þá syþþan and náne óþre þá hwíle þe seó libbe,

      Wlfst. 304, 21.
  • Úre Drihten forbeád twǽmincge betwux twám ǽwum ðus; ' Swá hwá swá his ǽwe forlǽt and óðer genimð. Hml. Th. 323, 31-3.
  • Hé gehǽlde sum wíf, ánes ealdormannes ǽwe,

      150, 3.
  • Forlicgan wið óðres ǽwe oþþe wið gehádode,

      Ll. Th. i. 404, 22.
  • Be ðám men þe his ǽwe (

    uxorem) forlǽt and be þám wífe (muliere )

    þe hire wer forlǽt, ii.
      180, 13, 15.
  • Healde gehwá his ǽwe þá hwíle þe heó libbe,

      300, 26.
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v. riht-ǽwe.
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