wifcynn

Old English

Etymology

wīf +‎ cynn

Noun

wīfcynn n

1. womankind
2. the female gender

Declension

Declension of wifcynn (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	wīfcynn	—
accusative	wīfcynn	—
genitive	wīfcynnes	—
dative	wīfcynne	—

Synonyms

• (the female gender) wīfhād

Antonyms

• wǣpnedcynn
• wercynn

Descendants

• Middle English: wifkin

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wīfcynn”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.