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Old English · noun

wifhired

Normalised wīfhīred

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈwiːfˌxiː.red/
[ˈwiːfˌhiː.red]
Syllables
ˈwiːf · ˌxiː · red (3 syllables)
Modern English
womenconventnunnery

Meaning

  1. a household of women; nunnery, convent

Declension

Declension of wifhired
SingularPlural
Nominative wīfhīredwīfhīredas
Accusative wīfhīredwīfhīredas
Genitive wīfhīredeswīfhīreda
Dative wīfhīredewīfhīredum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From wīf + hīred.

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