wiflic

Old English

Alternative forms
  • ƿīflīċ

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wībalīkaz. Equivalent to wīf +‎ -līċ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwiːfliːt͡ʃ/, [wiːvliːt͡ʃ]

Adjective

wīflīċ

  1. female, feminine

Declension
Declension of wiflic — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative wīflīċ wīflīċu, -o wīflīċ
Accusative wīflīċne wīflīċe wīflīċ
Genitive wīflīċes wīflīċre wīflīċes
Dative wīflīċum wīflīċre wīflīċum
Instrumental wīflīċe wīflīċre wīflīċe
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative wīflīċe wīflīċa, -e wīflīċu, -o
Accusative wīflīċe wīflīċa, -e wīflīċu, -o
Genitive wīflīċra wīflīċra wīflīċra
Dative wīflīċum wīflīċum wīflīċum
Instrumental wīflīċum wīflīċum wīflīċum
Declension of wiflic — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative wīflīċa wīflīċe wīflīċe
Accusative wīflīċan wīflīċan wīflīċe
Genitive wīflīċan wīflīċan wīflīċan
Dative wīflīċan wīflīċan wīflīċan
Instrumental wīflīċan wīflīċan wīflīċan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative wīflīċan wīflīċan wīflīċan
Accusative wīflīċan wīflīċan wīflīċan
Genitive wīflīċra, wīflīċena wīflīċra, wīflīċena wīflīċra, wīflīċena
Dative wīflīċum wīflīċum wīflīċum
Instrumental wīflīċum wīflīċum wīflīċum

Antonyms

Descendants
  • Middle English: wifli, wifly
    • English: wifely
    • Scots: wyfelie

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