† wifethingn.

Forms: see wife n. and thing n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: wife n., thing n.¹

Etymology: < wife n. + thing n.¹With sense 2 compare brydthing n.

Obsolete.

1. Sexual intercourse with a woman.In Old English in plural.Quot. c1275 has sometimes alternatively been interpreted as showing a transferred sense ‘a woman as a source of sexual gratification’.

ΚΠ

OE tr. Medicina de Quadrupedibus (Vitell.) iv. 246 To wifþingum [?a1200 Harl. 6258B wifþingun] foxes tægles se ytemæsta dæl on earm ahangen, þu gelyfest þæt þis sy to wifþingum on bysmær gedon.[L. irritamentum ad coitum].

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12968 He lai bi þan wife, ah he nuste noht þan tidende þat comen to his wife-þinge.

2. Matrimony; entrance into wedlock; a wedding or nuptial ceremony.In Old English in plural.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun]

wifethingeOE

bridelopeOE

brydthing971

bridelockOE

bridalOE

noces?c1225

wedlocka1300

spousingc1300

weddingc1300

marriagea1375

espousala1393

sponsalia1535

nuptial1566

espousing1581

nuptial1581

marriage rite1592

nuptiallings1600

Hymen1608

marriage ceremony1616

bridaltya1637

confarreation1645

hymeneals1655

farreation1656

church wedding1852

nuptialities1863

shadi1893

matrimonials1986

eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 229 Hymeneos, wifþing, gifta, hæmed.

OE Poenitentiale Pseudo-Egberti (Laud) ii. xx. 27 Be þam men þe gelomlice wifþing begæð.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2218 Belin ihærde..of his broðer wifðinge.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15538 Þer wes wif-ðing riche.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	wifething
释义	† wifethingn. Forms: see wife n. and thing n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: wife n., thing n.¹ Etymology: < wife n. + thing n.¹With sense 2 compare brydthing n. Obsolete. 1. Sexual intercourse with a woman.In Old English in plural.Quot. c1275 has sometimes alternatively been interpreted as showing a transferred sense ‘a woman as a source of sexual gratification’. ΚΠ OE tr. Medicina de Quadrupedibus (Vitell.) iv. 246 To wifþingum [?a1200 Harl. 6258B wifþingun] foxes tægles se ytemæsta dæl on earm ahangen, þu gelyfest þæt þis sy to wifþingum on bysmær gedon.[L. irritamentum ad coitum]. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12968 He lai bi þan wife, ah he nuste noht þan tidende þat comen to his wife-þinge. 2. Matrimony; entrance into wedlock; a wedding or nuptial ceremony.In Old English in plural. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun] wifethingeOE bridelopeOE brydthing971 bridelockOE bridalOE noces?c1225 wedlocka1300 spousingc1300 weddingc1300 marriagea1375 espousala1393 sponsalia1535 nuptial1566 espousing1581 nuptial1581 marriage rite1592 nuptiallings1600 Hymen1608 marriage ceremony1616 bridaltya1637 confarreation1645 hymeneals1655 farreation1656 church wedding1852 nuptialities1863 shadi1893 matrimonials1986 eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 229 Hymeneos, wifþing, gifta, hæmed. OE Poenitentiale Pseudo-Egberti (Laud) ii. xx. 27 Be þam men þe gelomlice wifþing begæð. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2218 Belin ihærde..of his broðer wifðinge. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15538 Þer wes wif-ðing riche. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.eOE
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