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w
ī
f
N (neut, a-stem)
woman
, a female person
Source:
https://bosworthtoller.com/35587
Attested in
Ælfric's Lives of Saints - Saint Eugenia
originates from: PGmc
*wība-
"woman, wife" (wība-
>
wīβ
>
wīf) through pgmc-to-oe
(source:
Kroonen 2013
:584)