wiff

Middle English

Etymology 1

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Noun

wiff (uncountable) (hapax legomenon)

1. A bundle of harvested plants, a bound sheaf?
2. A band for binding sheaves?

Descendants

• Yola: wuf, wof (figurative)

References

• “wif, n.¹”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

wiff

1. Alternative form of wyf