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wyfe

wyfe is the obsolete spelling of wife.

Meaning of wife

Noun

wife (plural wives)

  1. A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.
    • The Fisherman and His Wife
    Synonyms:
    little woman
  2. The female of a pair of mated animals.
    • A new wife for the gander is introduced into the pen.
  3. (Scotland, otherwise puristic) Synonym of woman.
    Synonyms:
    woman

See all 4 meanings of wife

Forms of wyfe

pluralwyves

Questions about wyfe

What is wyfe the obsolete spelling of?
Wyfe is the obsolete spelling of wife.

Words near wyfe in the dictionary

  1. Wyesham
  2. Wyeth
  3. Wyeths
  4. Wyeville
  5. wyf
  6. wyfe
  7. Wygal
  8. Wygals
  9. Wygant
  10. Wygants
  11. wyght

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wyfe (page history and authors); wife (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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