bróþor-wíf
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Is bewered þæt mon hine ne menge wiþ his bróþorwífe ( cognata ) . . . ꝥ him álýfed ne waelig-acute;re ꝥ hé his bróþorwíf hæfde. Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 70, 7, 15. Steópmódrum and bróþorwífum nouercis et cognatis , Sch. 68, 18
unriht-wíf
A woman of bad character
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A woman of bad character Godwine hæfð gelǽd fulle láde æt ðan unrihtwífe ðe Leófgár bisceop hine tihte, Chart. Th. 373, 32
cildiung-wíf
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Dele, and see cild-geong
wíf-freónd
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A female friend Ðá wíffrióndas amicas. Lk. L. R. 15, 9
wíf-leás
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Wífleás man agamus antropus, sine coniuge homo, Hpt. 31, 15, 403. Add
wíf-gemána
Mulieris consortium
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Mulieris consortium Wífgemánan to áwec*-*canne . . . ðæt áwecceþ wífgemánan lust, Lchdm. i. 336, 15 — 17
wíf-hearpe
A woman's harp
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A woman's harp On glígbeáme (owif*-*hearpan = on wifhearpan? MS. C. ) in tympano, Ps. Spl. 150, 4
Linked entry: hearpe
wíf-scrúd
Clothing for a woman ⬩ woman's dress ⬩ female attire
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Clothing for a woman, woman's dress, female attire Ic geann mínre yldran dehter . . . ánes wífscrúdes ealles. And mínre gyngran dehter ic geann ealles ðæs wífscrúdes ðe tó láfe bið, Chart. Th. 530, 14-25
hǽmed-wíf
A married woman ⬩ uxor, matrona
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A married woman; uxor, matrona, Cot. 136, Lye
eald-wíf
An old woman ⬩ anus, anŭla, vĕtŭla
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An old woman; anus, anŭla, vĕtŭla Sceal ic nú ealdwif cennan num vere parĭtūra sum anus, Gen. 18, 13: Ælfc. Gl. 88; Som. 74, 67; Wrt. Voc. 50, 48
mere-wíf
A water-witch ⬩ woman living in a lake
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A water-witch, woman living in a lake (Grendel's mother), Beo. Th. 3042; B. 1519
wíf-leás
Without a wife ⬩ unmarried
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Without a wife, unmarried: — Gif hwylces weres forme wíf bið deád, ðæt hé be leáfe óðer wíf niman móte, and gif hé ða oferbýt, wunige hé á syððan wífleás (coelebs), L. Ecg. P. ii. 20; Th. ii. 190, 3. ] See also next word
wíf-fæst
Married
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Cf. wíf-leás
wíf-myne
Love for a woman
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Cf. wíf-lufu
Linked entry: myne
wíf-cild
A female child
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A female child For wǽpnedbearne sceolde cennende wíf hí áhabban fram Godes húse ingange ðreó and ðrittig daga, and for wífcilde ( femina ) syx and syxtig daga, Bd. 1. 27 ; S. 493, 16
wíf-gehrine
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Dele, the reading is wífa gehrine
riht-wíf
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A lawful wife Hú mihte Abraham beón clǽne ꝥ hé nǽre forligr geteald þá þá hé hæfde cyfese under his rihtwífe? quomodo defenditur Abraham adulterii reus non esse, dum viventi legitima uxore sua conjunctus est ancillae suae?, Angl. vii. 46, 440.
wíf-gehrine
Contact with woman
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Contact with woman Gif ðíne geféran beóð clǽne from wifgehrine (femineo contactu), Nar. 27, 8
síþ-wíf
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A noble lady On sumes síþwífes (gódes wifes, 2nd MS.) húse in domum inclytae matronae, Nar. 49, 9
wíf-lác
Intercourse with women
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Intercourse with women Gif hwá openlíce Lengcten*-*bryce gewyrce . . . þurh wíflác (concubitum, Lat. vers. Cf. qui in Quadrigesima ante Pascha nupserit, .i. annum peniteat, L. Ecg. E. 108; Th. ii. 113, 3.