wif

Alternative forms

 * , (both informal)

Etymology
Alteration of.

Preposition

 * 1)  with

Adjective

 * 1) long
 * 2) straight

Adverb

 * 1) directly

Noun

 * 1) irrigation ditch

Etymology
From, from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) woman
 * 2) * c. 1000 , ;
 * "odt"

- Thie thiernan sahon sie ande zaldon sie ze aller wivo saligosta


 * 1) * c. 1100 , ;
 * "odt"

- Thure sinen bosen nith betroch er thaz arme wif


 * 1)  wife

Etymology
From, from , of uncertain origin.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) woman
 * 2) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Annunciation of St. Mary"
 * "ang"

- Ūs becōm dēaþ and forwyrd þurh wīf, and ūs becōm eft līf and hredding þurh wīfmann.


 * 1) * c. 990, , John 4:27
 * "ang"

- His leornungcneohtas wundrodon þæt hē wiþ wīf spræc, þēah heora nān ne cwæþ “Hwæt sēcst þū?” oþþe “Hwæt spricst þū wiþ hīe?”


 * 1) female
 * 2) * c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
 * "ang"

- Ǣġðer is mann ġe wer ġe wīf.


 * 1) wife
 * 2) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' 
 * "ang"

- Swīðe wynsum hit biþ þæt man wīf hæbbe and bearn.

Usage notes

 * Since wīf is a grammatically neuter noun, all accompanying articles, determiners, and adjectives take neuter forms:  þæt ealde wīf (" the  old woman").
 * However, pronouns referring back to wīf are almost always feminine: Ġesiehst þū þæt wīf sēo þǣr stent? Canst þū hīe ? ("Do you see the woman who [feminine] is standing there? Do you know her ?"). The same applies to the neuter word and the masculine word, whose grammatical genders also disagree with their natural genders.

Etymology
From, from , of uncertain origin. Cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) woman
 * 2) wife

Adjective

 * 1) shaky
 * 2) impermanent
 * 3) fickle, indecisive