Ge-wef[e]
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-wef[e]
According to the Old English Dictionary:
-wife, es;
- ge-wef[e]
- n. A web; textura. The word gets the meaning fate, fortune, from the spinning, which is the occupation of the Fates. Cf. Wyrd gewæf, Exon. 95 a; Th. 355, 1; Reim. 70. See Grmm. D. M. 387 :-- Gewife fatum, fortuna, Cot. 88; Lye. Him Dryhten forgeaf wígspéda gewiofu the Lord gave him the webs of success in war, i. e. he was successful in war, Beo. Th. 1398; B. 697. ge-wefe