wifhad

Old English

Alternative forms
  • ƿīfhād – wynn spelling

Etymology

From wīf +‎ -hād.

Noun

wīfhād m

  1. womanhood, femininity

Declension
Declension of wifhad (strong u-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative wīfhād wīfhāda
accusative wīfhād wīfhāda
genitive wīfhāda wīfhāda
dative wīfhāda wīfhādum

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

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