"gewifian" meaning in Old English

See gewifian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /jeˈwiː.fi.ɑn/, [jeˈwiː.vi.ɑn]
Etymology: From ġe- (“wīfian”) + Etymology templates: {{pre|ang|ġe-|t1=wīfian}} ġe- (“wīfian”) + Head templates: {{ang-verb|head=ġewīfian}} ġewīfian Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|ġewīfian<w2>}} Forms: ġewīfian [canonical], weak [table-tags], ġewīfian [infinitive], ġewīfienne [infinitive], ġewīfiġe [first-person, present, singular], ġewīfode [first-person, past, singular], ġewīfast [present, second-person, singular], ġewīfodest [past, second-person, singular], ġewīfaþ [present, singular, third-person], ġewīfode [past, singular, third-person], ġewīfiaþ [plural, present], ġewīfodon [past, plural], ġewīfiġe [present, singular], ġewīfode [past, singular], ġewīfiġen [plural, present], ġewīfoden [past, plural], ġewīfa [imperative, past, present, singular], ġewīfiaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], ġewīfiende [imperative, present], ġewīfod [imperative, past]
  1. to marry, take a wife Categories (topical): Marriage
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