wifhad
Old English
Alternative forms
- ƿīfhād – wynn spelling
Etymology
From wīf + -hād.
Noun
wīfhād m
- womanhood, femininity
Declension
Declension of wifhad (strong u-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | wīfhād | wīfhāda |
accusative | wīfhād | wīfhāda |
genitive | wīfhāda | wīfhāda |
dative | wīfhāda | wīfhādum |
Descendants
- Middle English: wifhode, wifhod, wifhede
- English: wifehood
- Scots: wifehede, wyfhede
References
- wīfhād in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary