wifhad

Old English

Etymology

wīf +‎ hād or -hād

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiːfˌxɑːd/, [ˈwiːfˌhɑːd]

Noun

wīfhād m

1. the female gender

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	wīfhād	—
accusative	wīfhād	—
genitive	wīfhādes	—
dative	wīfhāde	—

Antonyms

• werhād

Descendants

• Middle English: wifhode, wifhod, wifhede
  • English: wifehood
  • Scots: wifehede, wyfhede

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “wīfhād”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.