ealdwif

Old English

Etymology

From eald (“old”) +‎ wīf (“woman”).

Noun

ealdwīf n

1. an old woman

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ealdwīf	ealdwīf
accusative	ealdwīf	ealdwīf
genitive	ealdwīfes	ealdwīfa
dative	ealdwīfe	ealdwīfum

Synonyms

• ealdcwen f

References

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