Ge-síþwíf

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-síþwíf

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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ge-síþwíf
n. A woman of the class to which the 'gesith,' 'comes' belongs :-- Sca anastasiam ðære hálegan gesíþwífes seó wæs swíþe æðele for worulde St. Anastasia's the holy lady; she was very noble with respect to this world, Shrn. 30, 20. All ða gesíþwíf and ða æðelan fǽmnan all the ladies and noble women, 87, 21. [Cf. ge-síþman.] ge-siþwif
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