wiffreond

Old English

Alternative forms
  • ƿīffrēond – wynn spelling

Etymology

From wīf (“woman”) +‎ frēond (“friend”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwiːfˌfre͜oːnd/

Noun

wīffrēond m

  1. a female friend

Declension
Declension of wiffreond
Case Singular Plural
nominative wīffrēond wīffrīend, wīffrēondas
accusative wīffrēond wīffrīend, wīffrēondas
genitive wīffrēondes wīffrēonda
dative wīffrīend, wīffrēonde wīffrēondum

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