wifhired
Old English
Etymology
From wīf + hīred.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwiːfˌxiː.red/, [ˈwiːfˌhiː.red]
Noun
wīfhīred m
- a household of women; nunnery, convent
Declension
Declension of wifhired (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | wīfhīred | wīfhīredas |
accusative | wīfhīred | wīfhīredas |
genitive | wīfhīredes | wīfhīreda |
dative | wīfhīrede | wīfhīredum |
Synonyms
- nunhīred m
- nunmynster n
References
- wīfhīred in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary