wifhired
Old English
noun
Definitions
- a household of women; nunnery, convent
Etymology
Compound from Old English wīf (woman, wife, lady, female) + Old English hīred (family, household).
Origin
Old English
hīred
Gloss
family, household
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
家, 族
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- woman English
- *wībą Proto-Germanic
- broþorwif Old English
- ealdwif Old English
- hæmedwif Old English
- hīred Old English
- unrihtwif Old English
- wifcynn Old English
- wiffreond Old English
- wifgemana Old English
- wifhad Old English
- wifhand Old English
- wifian Old English
- wifleas Old English
- wiflic Old English
- wifmann Old English
- wifscrud Old English
- wīf Old English
- wif Middle English