wifcynn

Old English

Alternative forms
  • ƿīfcynn – wynn spelling

Etymology

From wīf +‎ cynn.

Noun

wīfcynn n

  1. womankind, women
  2. the female sex

Declension
Declension of wifcynn (strong-a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative wīfcynn —
accusative wīfcynn —
genitive wīfcynnes a
dative wīfcynne um

Descendants
  • Middle English: wifkin

References
  • wīfcynn in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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