Old English Aerobics Glossary Entry

wīf, strong neuter. woman; wife.

These spellings occur in the Old English Aerobics texts:

	singular	plural
nominative	wīf	wīf
accusative	wīf	wīf
genitive	wīfes	wīfa
dative	wīfe	wīfum
instrumental	wīfe

This word occurs 37 times in the Old English Aerobics Anthology. To see a list of occurrences of wīf in a text, click a title below. Click a line- or sentence-number to see the word in context.

Beowulf

2028. wīfe. woman.
2120. Wīf. woman.

Cynewulf and Cyneheard

[7] wīfes. woman's.

Dream of the Rood

94 wīfa. of women.

Fall of Adam and Eve

[1] wīfe. woman.
[2] wīf. woman.
[4] wīfe. woman.
[6] wīf. woman.
[8] wīf. wife.
[12] wīf. woman.
[13] wīfe. woman.
[15] wīfe. woman.
[16] wīfe. woman.
[17] wīfes. wife's.

Judith

148 wīf. woman.
163 wīf. women.

Life of St Æthelthryth

[3] wīfe. wife.
[29] wīfe. wife.
[31] wīf. women, wives.

Martyrdom of Ælfheah

[7] wīf. women.

Selection of Riddles

d6 wīf. women.
f1 wīfum. wives.

Ælfric on the Book of Job

[82] wīfes. wife's.
[60] wīf. wife.
[61] wīf. woman.
[64] wīf. woman.

Exercises and sample sentences

wīf. women, wives.
wīf. woman.
wīfe. woman.
wīf. woman.
wīf. woman.
wīfum. women.
wīf. woman.
wīf. woman.
wīfum. women.
wīfe. wife.
wīfe. wife.

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