broþorwif

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From brōþor (“brother”) +‎ wīf (“wife”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈbroː.θorˌwiːf/, [ˈbroː.ðorˌwiːf]

Noun[edit]

brōþorwīf n

sister-in-law

Declension[edit]

Declension of broþorwif (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	brōþorwīf	brōþorwīf
accusative	brōþorwīf	brōþorwīf
genitive	brōþorwīfes	brōþorwīfa
dative	brōþorwīfe	brōþorwīfum

References[edit]

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

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