wíf
- noun [ neuter ]
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Wíf mulier, wíf ðe wer hæfð
uxor,
- Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 12, 14.
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Wíf ðe hæfð ceorl
uxor,
- Ælfc. Gr. 9, 21 ;
- Zup. 47, 8.
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Ald uuíf anus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 38: i. 73, 17 : anula vel
vetula,
- 50, 48.
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Ðæt wíf (
mulier
) wæs gehǽled,- Mt. Kmbl. 9, 22.
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Gif hwylc wíf (mulier) hire wífman
(ancillam suam)
swingð,- L. Ecg. P. ii. 4 ;
- Th. ii. 182, 32.
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Cwén Hróðgáres, freólíc wíf,
- Beo. Th. 1234 ;
- B. 615.
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Wídgongel wíf word gespringeþ,
- Exon. Th. 337, 15 ;
- Gn. Ex. 65.
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Wæs sum wíf, seó (ðæt wíf ðió mulier quae, Lind.) hæfde untrumnesse gást,
- Lk. Skt. 13, 11.
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Wæs sóna gearu wíf, swá hire weoruda helm beboden hæfde,
- Elen. Kmbl. 445 ;
- El. 223.
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Sǽde ðæt wíf hire wordum selfa,
- Cd. Th. 160, 10 ;
- Gen. 2648.
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Wífes sceós
baxeae,
- Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 20.
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Ðæt hi nágan mid rihte þurh hǽmedþing wífes gemánan,
- L. Eth. v. 9 ;
- Th. i. 306, 19.
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For ðære synne ðæs ǽrestan wífes,
- Blickl. Homl. 5, 5.
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Freá wíf áweahte, and ða wraðe scalde leófum rince,
- Cd. Th. 11. 12 ;
- Gen. 174.
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Ðæt ædele wíf (
Eve
),- 294, 19 ;
- Sat. 473.
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Ðǽr wǽron manega wíf (wífo, Lind.,
mulieres
),- Mt. Kmbl. 27, 55 :
- Lk. Skt. 8, 2 :
- 24, 22.
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Betwyx wífa bearnum
inter natos mulierum,
- Mt. Kmbl. 11, 11.
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Betuh eall wífa cynn,
- Blickl. Homl. 5, 21.
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Ríccra(-æ, MS.) wífa (-e, MS.) wǽfels regillum vel peplum vel
palla,
- Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 32.
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Seó ǽrest wífa
(feminarum)
ís sǽd in Norþanhymbra mǽgþe ðæt heó munucháde onfénge,- Bd. 4, 23 ;
- S. 593, 22.
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Wíf unhýre
(Grendel's mother),
- Beo. Th. 4247 ;
- B. 2120.
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Ðǽr ða mihtigan wíf hyra mægen berǽddon, and hý gyllende gáras sǽndan.
- Lchdm. iii. 52, 21.
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His wíf
sua uxor
- Ælfc. Gr. 15 ;
- Zup. 104, 2.
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Cáseres wíf
imperatrix vel Augusta
- 42, 10.
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Abram and Nachor wífudun; Abrames wíf hátte Sarai, and Nachores wíf Melcha,
- Gen. 11, 29 :
- 16, 1 :
- Cd. Th. 167, 30; Gen. 2773.
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Gúð sceal in eorle geweaxan, and wíf geþeón leóf (lof, MS.) mid hyre leódum, leóhtmód wesan, rúne healdan, rúmheort beón,
- Exon. Th. 338, 28; Gn. Ex. 85.
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Se man geþeót hine tó his wífe (uxori),
- Gen. 2, 24 :
- Mt. Kmbl. 19, 5.
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Se cyning mid his wífe and twám sunum.
- Homl. Th. i. 468, 1.
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Æt his méder ðe wǽre tó ǽwum wífe forgifen his fæder,
- L. Alf. pol. 42 ;
- Th. i. 90, 29.
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Ðe wíf hæfð
uxoratus
- Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 44.
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Be ðon ðe mon wíf bycgge,
- L. In. 31 ;
- Th. i. 122, 3.
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Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig cristen mann . . . ne gewífie . . . on ðæs wífes nédmágan ðe hé sylf ǽr hæfde . . . hé ná má wífa ðonne án hæbbe, and dæt beó his beweddode wíf,
- L. C. E. 7 ;
- Th. i. 364, 21-28.
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Wer mót his wífe on fulwihte onfón, and ðæt wíf ðam were,
- L. Ecg. C. 18, tit. ;
- Th. ii. 128, 31.
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Gif ceorl búton wífes wísdóm deóflum gelde . . . Gif bútwú deóflum geldaþ, sión hió healsfange scyldigo,
- L. Win. 12 ;
- Th. i. 40, 4.
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Gif hwá stalie swá his wíf nyte and his bearn, geselle . lx. Sciłł. tó wíte. Gif hé stalie on gewitnesse ealles his hírédes, gongen hié ealle on þeówot,
- L. In. 7 ;
- Th. i. 106, 15.
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Gif ceorl ceáp forstelð . . . ðonne bið se his dǽl synnig, bútan ðam wífe, forðon heó sceal hire ealdore hiéran,
- 57 ;
- Th. i. 137, 17.
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Ðæt ða (
criminals
) ealle beón gearwe mid him silfum and mid wífe and mid ærfe tó farenne þider ic wille,- L. Ath. iv. proem, ;
- Th. i. 220, 6.
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Gif be cwicum ceorle wíf hig be óðrum were forlicge, and hit open weorðe . . . heó þolige nase and eárena . . . ,
- L. C. S. 54 ;
- Th. i. 406, 6.
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Mon mót feohtan orwíge, gif hé geméteþ óðerne æt his ǽwum wífe,
- L. Alf. pol. 42 ;
- Th. i. 90, 26.
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Gif frí man wið fríes mannes wíf geligeþ . . . ððer wíf (hé) his ágenum scætte begete and ðæm óðrum gebrenge,
- L. Ethb. 31 ;
- Th. i. 10, 7.
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Gif ceorl ácwyle be libbendum wífe and bearne, riht is ðæt ðæt bearn médder folgige,
- L. H. E. 6 ;
- Th. i. 30, 3 :
- L. In. 38 ;
- Th. i. 126, 3.
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Gif hwá cwydeleás of ðyssum lífe gewíte . . . beó be ðæs hláfordes dihte seó ǽht gescyft swýðe rihte wífe and cildan and néhmágon,
- L. C. S. 71 ;
- Th. i. 414, 1.
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Ðǽr se bónda sæt uncwyd and unbecrafod, sitte ðæt wíf and ða cild on ðam ylcan unbesacen, 73 ; Th. i. 44, 23. IIIa. a. a woman who has been married and lost her husband (by death or divorce) :-- Láf vel forlǽten wíf
derelicta,
- Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 46.
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Wífian on nánre wuduwan, ne on forlǽtenum wífe,
- L. Ælf. P. 39 ;
- Th. ii. 380, 16.
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Ǽlc man ðe his wíf forlǽt. . . se ðe ðæt forlǽtene wíf nimð, se unrihthǽmð,
- Lk. Skt. 16, 18.
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Gif man mǽdan oþþe wíf (cf. the old Latin version: virginem vel viduam) weddian wille,
- L. Edm. B. 1 ;
- Th. i. 254, 2.
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Ne nýde man náðer ne wíf ne mǽden tó ðam ðe hyre sylfre mislícige (cf. passages from the Laws under widuwe,
and
- L. H. I. 1. 3;
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Si, mortuo marito, uxor ejus remanserit, . . . eam non dabo marito, nisi secundum velle sunm,
- Th. i. 499, 15 ),
- L. C. S. 75 ;
- Th. i. 416, 20.
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Ǽlcne mon, ge wíf ge wǽpned,
- Ors. 3, 6 ;
- Swt. 108, 27.
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Ða forman twá, fæder and móder, wíf and wǽpned, Cd. Th. 12, 33; Gen. 195. IV a. as a grammatical term,
feminine,
Bosworth, Joseph. “wíf.” 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/35587.
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