wifhad

Old English

Etymology

wīf +‎ hād or -hād

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwiːfˌxɑːd/, [ˈwiːfˌhɑːd]

Noun

wīfhād m

the female gender

Declension

Declension of wifhad (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	wīfhād	—
accusative	wīfhād	—
genitive	wīfhādes	—
dative	wīfhāde	—

Antonyms

werhād

Descendants

Middle English: wifhode, wifhod, wifhede
- English: wifehood
- Scots: wifehede, wyfhede

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wīfhād”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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