wyf

Middle English

Alternative forms

wife, wif, wiff, wiffe, wijf, wive, wyfe, wyff, wyve

Etymology

From Old English wīf, from Proto-West Germanic *wīb, from Proto-Germanic *wībą, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wiːf/
Rhymes: -iːf

Noun

wyf (plural wyfes or wyves or wyve)

woman, female human
wife, female spouse
- ca. 1380: It cam in cuppemele — this craft my wif used! — William Langland, Piers Plowman
- ca. 1380, — Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Merchant's Tale
  That in a morwe unto this May saith he
  Rys up, my wif, my love, my lady fre
- 1474, Caxton, Game and Playe of the Chesse‎:
  In lyke wyse as democreon the philosophre put out his owen eyen be cause he wold not see that no good myght come to the euyll and vicyous peple wyth out right And also defortes the philosophre as he went toward his deth / his wyf that folowed after hym saide that he was dampned to deth wrongfully / than he answerd and sayd to her / holde thy peas and be styll / hit is better and more merytorye to dye by a wronge and unrightfull Jugement / than that I had deseruyd to dye.
  (please add an English translation of this quote)
The leading woman of a household; a matriarch.
A female animal, especially one mating.
A concubine.

Antonyms

wer (with respect to gender)

Related terms

wyfles
wyfly

Descendants

English: wife
- Sranan Tongo: wefi
- → Japanese: ワイフ (waifu)
  - → English: waifu
- → Korean: 와이프 (waipeu)
Scots: wife

References

“wīf, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-08.

Welsh

Pronunciation

(North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /uːɨ̯v/
(South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ʊi̯v/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /iːv/
Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯v

Verb

wyf

(literary) first-person singular present progressive of bod

Synonyms

ydwyf
(colloquial equivalents): dw, rw, w

单词	wyf
释义	wyf Middle English Alternative forms wife, wif, wiff, wiffe, wijf, wive, wyfe, wyff, wyve Etymology From Old English wīf, from Proto-West Germanic wīb, from Proto-Germanic wībą, of uncertain origin. Pronunciation IPA^(key): /wiːf/ Rhymes: -iːf Noun wyf (plural wyfes or wyves or wyve) woman, female human wife, female spouse ca. 1380: It cam in cuppemele — this craft my wif used! — William Langland, Piers Plowman ca. 1380, — Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Merchant's Tale That in a morwe unto this May saith he Rys up, my wif, my love, my lady fre 1474, Caxton, Game and Playe of the Chesse‎: In lyke wyse as democreon the philosophre put out his owen eyen be cause he wold not see that no good myght come to the euyll and vicyous peple wyth out right And also defortes the philosophre as he went toward his deth / his wyf that folowed after hym saide that he was dampned to deth wrongfully / than he answerd and sayd to her / holde thy peas and be styll / hit is better and more merytorye to dye by a wronge and unrightfull Jugement / than that I had deseruyd to dye. (please add an English translation of this quote) The leading woman of a household; a matriarch. A female animal, especially one mating. A concubine. Antonyms wer (with respect to gender) Related terms wyfles wyfly Descendants English: wife Sranan Tongo: wefi → Japanese: ワイフ (waifu) → English: waifu → Korean: 와이프 (waipeu) Scots: wife References “wīf, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-08. Welsh Pronunciation (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /uːɨ̯v/ (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ʊi̯v/ (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /iːv/ Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯v Verb wyf (literary) first-person singular present progressive of bod Synonyms ydwyf (colloquial equivalents): dw, rw, w
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