hæmedwif

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From hǣmed +‎ wīf.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

hǣmedwīf n

a married woman

Declension[edit]

Declension of hæmedwif (strong a-stem)

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

Related terms[edit]

hǣmedċeorl

References[edit]

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

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