hæmedwif

Old English

Etymology

From hǣmed +‎ wīf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxæː.medˌwiːf/, [ˈhæː.medˌwiːf]

Noun

hǣmedwīf n

1. a married woman

Declension

Declension of hæmedwif (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hǣmedwīf	hǣmedwīf
accusative	hǣmedwīf	hǣmedwīf
genitive	hǣmedwīfes	hǣmedwīfa
dative	hǣmedwīfe	hǣmedwīfum

Related terms

• hǣmedċeorl

References

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