wiif

Middle English

Noun

wiif

  1. Partially modernized spelling of wijf

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian wīf, from Proto-Germanic *wībą. Compare North Frisian wüf, Dutch wijf, English wife, German Low German Wief, German Weib, Danish viv.

Noun

wiif c (plural wiven, diminutive wyfke)

  1. wife
  2. woman

Synonyms

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