wífung
- noun [ feminine ]
Grammar
taking a wife, marriage
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Be gehádodra manna wífunge (
malrimonio
),- L. Ecg. P. iii. 1, tit. ;
- Th. ii. 194, 25 :
- Gen. 24, 9.
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Ús sceamaþ tó secgenne ealle ða sceandlícan wíglunga ðe gé dwǽsmenn drífaþ on wífunge,
- Homl. Skt. i. 17, 102.
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Se ðridda cwæð : ' Ic hæbbe gewífod . . . ' Þurh ða wífunge sind getácnode ðæs líchaman lustas,
- Homl. Th. ii. 374, 19.
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Áðas and wífunga sindan tó*-*cwedene heáhfreólsdagum,
- L. Eth. vi. 25 ;
- Th. i. 320, 24.
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Ðás sinoðas forbudon ǽlce wífunga ǽfre weófodþénum,
- L. Ælfc. P. 30 ;
- Th. ii. 374, 35.
wives; matrimonia
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Eów preóstum þingð, ðæt eów nán sin ne sý ðæt gé mid wífungum swá libban swá lǽwede men,
- L. Ælfc. P. 32 ;
- Th. ii. 376, 28.
- v. frum-, unriht-wífung.
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “wífung.” 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/35622.
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