wiflic

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wībalīkaz (wifely), equivalent to wīf + -līċ.

Adjective

wīflīċ

  1. womanly, of a woman, female, feminine.
  2. wifely, matronly.

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: wifli, wifly
    • English: wifely
    • Scots: wyfelie

References

  • wíflíc in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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