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† ˈwiven, a. Obs.
Forms: 4 wyfyne, 4–5 wyuen(e.
[f. wiv-, wife n. + -en1. (In some instances perh. wk. gen. pl. of wife.)]
a. Womanly, feminine.
b. Wifely.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. v. 29 To..fette hom Felice From wyuene [v.r. wyuen] pyne. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxvi. (Nicholas) 178 His body waikly he fed, & wyfyne company ay fled. c1400Trevisa's Higden (Rolls) VI. 213 Þanne þe queene byȝede here housbonde wiþ benygne [v.rr. wyvene, wyven] flaterynge [L. uxoriis deliramentis]. |