"wife" meaning in Scots

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Noun

Forms: wifes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English wyf (“woman, wife”), from Old English wīf (“woman”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|wyf||woman, wife}} Middle English wyf (“woman, wife”), {{inh|sco|ang|wīf||woman}} Old English wīf (“woman”) Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|wifes|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} wife (plural wifes), {{sco-noun}} wife (plural wifes)
  1. woman Categories (topical): Female
    Sense id: en-wife-sco-noun-zy5b~x7w Disambiguation of Female: 50 50 Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header, Scots entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Scots entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50
  2. wife Categories (topical): Female
    Sense id: en-wife-sco-noun-nVKjyOTW Disambiguation of Female: 50 50 Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header, Scots entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Scots entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): People Derived forms: auld wife (english: old woman; gossip; rotating chimney-cowl), fishwife (english: fishwife, derogatory for a woman of coarse behaviour, temperament and vocabulary), guidwife (english: wife, the mistress of a house, a landlady of an inn), henwife (english: a woman in charge of hens), housewifeskip (english: housewifery), selkie-wife (english: female selkie, mermaid; female seal) [literally], spaewife (english: female fortune teller), washerwife (english: washerwoman), weedae-wife (english: widow), weirdwife (english: prophetess, fortune-teller)
Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

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