wíf-mann
- noun [ masculine ]
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Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig wífman neáh weófode ne cume ða hwíte ðe man mæssige,
- L. Edg. C. 45 ;
- Th. ii. 254, 3.
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Ðara manna sum wæs bescoren preóst, sum wæs lǽwede, sum wæs wífmon (
femina,
)- Bd. 5, 12 ;
- S. 628, 35.
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Minutia hátte án wífmon, ðe on heora wísan sceolde nunne beón. Seó hæfde geháten. . . ðæt heó wolde hiere líf on fǽmnháde álibban
Minucia, virgo vestalis,
- Ors. 3, 6 ;
- Swt. 108, 15.
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Seó wífman (seó wím-man, vv. 18, 22)
Jahel,
- Jud. 4, 21.
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Wífmannes loccas
crines,
- Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 49.
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Wífmannes innoð
matrix, uterus,
- 44, 39.
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Ne scríde nán wǽpman mid wífmannes reáfe
(veste feminea),
- Deut. 22, 5.
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Be wífmannes beweddunge,
- L. Edm. B. 1 ;
- Th. i. 254.
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Be ungewintredes wífmannes nédhǽmde. Gif mon ungewintrædne wífmon tó niédhǽmde geþreátige,
- L. Alf. pol. 26 ;
- Th. i. 78, 16.
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Nú cweðe gé ðæt gé ne magon beón bútan wímmannes þénungum,
- L. Ælfc. C. 6 ;
- Th. ii. 344, 19.
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God geworhte ðæt ribb tó ánum wífmen (
in mulierem),
- Gen. 2, 22.
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Ðæt bisceop . . . næbbe on his húse nǽnne wífman, búton hit sý his módor . . . ,
- L. Ælfc. C. 5 ;
- Th. ii. 344, 13.
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Gif hwá wille wið wífman (
cum muliere
) unrihtlíce hǽman,- L. Edg. C. 33 ;
- Th. ii. 274, 10.
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Þeówne wímman
ancillam,
- L. Ecg. C. 25 ;
- Th. ii. 150, 18.
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God hí geworhte wǽpnedman and wímman (wýfman, v.l., hiuu ł wífmon, Lind.: wifmenn, Rush.)
masculum et feminam fecit eos Deus,
- Mk. Skt. 10, 6.
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Wépmen ge wífmen
viri ac feminae,
- Bd. 3, 5 ;
- S. 527, 7.
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Wífmenn,
- Exon. Th. 460, 12 ;
- Hö. 16.
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Hæleþa gemót, wítgena weorod, wífmonna þreát, fela fǽmnena, folces unrím,
- 462, 7 ;
- Hö. 48.
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Wǽpmanna sang and wífmanna sang,
- Homl. Th. i. 442, 1.
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Wæs micel ege from ðǽm wífmonnum (
the Amazons
),- Ors. 1, 10 ;
- Swt. 46, 27.
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I a. a
serving-woman :-- Gif hwylc wíf (mulier) hire wífman (ancillam suam) swingð, and heó þurh ða swingle wyrð deád . . . fæste seó hlǽfdige (domino )
.vii. geár,- L. Ecg. P. ii. 4 ;
- Th. ii. 182, 32 :
- ii. 4, tit. ;
- Th. ii. 180, 6.
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Heó freóde Hægelflǽde hire wímman,
- Chart. Erl. 253, 16.
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God gewítnode ealle lus wímmen (
uxorem ancillasque suas
),- Gen. 20, 18.
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Gif man scyle mugcwyrt tó lǽcedóme habban, ðonne nime man . . . ða grénan wífmen,
- Lchdm. iii. 72, 21.
Bosworth, Joseph. “wíf-mann.” 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/35615.
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