neif

See also: nëif

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Old French, from Latin nātīvā (female serf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niːf/, /neɪf/

Noun

neif (plural neifs)

  1. (historical) A woman born in the state of villeinage; a female serf.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for neif in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

Volapük

Noun

neif (nominative plural neifs)

  1. knife

Declension

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