See wif in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "female friend",
"word": "wīffrēond"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "the female gender",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "a female inheritor; female side",
"word": "wīfhand"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "wifeless",
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},
{
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},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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},
{
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}
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},
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}
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}
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"english": "Death and disaster came to us through a woman [Eve], and then life and salvation came to us through a woman [Mary].",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Annunciation of St. Mary\"\nŪs becōm dēaþ and forwyrd þurh wīf, and ūs becōm eft līf and hredding þurh wīfmann.",
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"roman": "His leornungcneohtas wundrodon þæt hē wiþ wīf spræc, þēah heora nān ne cwæþ “Hwæt sēcst þū?” oþþe “Hwæt spricst þū wiþ hīe?”",
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"type": "quotation"
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"english": "Osred, who was king of Northumbrian, was apprehended and slain on the 17th of October after coming home from his exile, and his body lies at Tynemouth. And King Aethelred took a new wife, whose name was Aelfled, on the third of October.",
"text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nŌsrēd, þe wæs Norþanhymbra cining, æfter wræcsīþe hām cumenum ġelǣht wæs ⁊ ofslagen on XVIII Kƚ Octoƀ ⁊ his līc liġþ æt Tīnamūþe. ⁊ Æþelrēd cining feng tō nīwan wīfe, sēo wæs Ælflēd ġehāten, on III Kƚ Octobr̃.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "It's very pleasant to have a wife and children.",
"text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy\nSwīðe wynsum hit biþ þæt man wīf hæbbe and bearn.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"ipa": "/wiːf/"
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"word": "wif"
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"english": "womankind",
"word": "wīfcynn"
},
{
"english": "female friend",
"word": "wīffrēond"
},
{
"english": "the female gender",
"word": "wīfhād"
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"english": "a female inheritor; female side",
"word": "wīfhand"
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{
"english": "wifeless",
"word": "wīflēas"
},
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"word": "wīflīċ"
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"word": "wīfmann"
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{
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"name": "desctree"
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"english": "Death and disaster came to us through a woman [Eve], and then life and salvation came to us through a woman [Mary].",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Annunciation of St. Mary\"\nŪs becōm dēaþ and forwyrd þurh wīf, and ūs becōm eft līf and hredding þurh wīfmann.",
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"english": "His disciples were amazed that he was talking to a woman, though none of them said “What are you looking for?” or “Why are you talking to her?”",
"roman": "His leornungcneohtas wundrodon þæt hē wiþ wīf spræc, þēah heora nān ne cwæþ “Hwæt sēcst þū?” oþþe “Hwæt spricst þū wiþ hīe?”",
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"type": "quotation"
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{
"english": "It's very pleasant to have a wife and children.",
"text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy\nSwīðe wynsum hit biþ þæt man wīf hæbbe and bearn.",
"type": "quotation"
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