drihtlīce
wīf (Finn's
wife), 1159; instr.
Beowulf
part.
, _wide-spread_?
_causing fear far and wide_?
937.
wīd-weg, st.
m.
, _wide way, long journey_: acc.
pl.
wīd-wegas, 841, 1705.
wīf, st.
n.
, _woman, lady, wife_: nom.
sg.
frēo-līc wīf (Queen Wealhþēow),
616; wīf un-hȳre (Grendel's mother), 2121; acc.
sg.
drihtlīce
wīf (Finn's
wife), 1159; instr.
sg.
mid þȳ wīfe (Hrōðgār's daughter, Frēawaru), 2029;
dat.
sg.
þām wīfe (Wealhþēow), 640; gen.
sg.
wīfes (as opposed to _man_),
1285; gen.
pl.
wera and wīfa, 994.
--Comp.
: āglǣc-, mere-wīf.
wīf-lufe, w.
f.
, _wife-love, love for a wife, woman's love_: nom.
pl.
wīf-lufan, 2066.
