wifhired

Old English

Etymology

From wīf +‎ hīred.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiːfˌxiː.red/, [ˈwiːfˌhiː.red]

Noun

wīfhīred m

1. 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

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wīfhīred”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.