wives
English
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- plural of wife
- (obsolete) genitive of wife
- 1582 February 3, George Whetstone, An Heptameron of Ciuill Discourses. […], London: […] Richard Iones, […]:
- […] beautie in his wiues face, will féede his heart with a thouſand delights: […]
- 1660, H[enry] More, An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness; or, A True and Faithfull Representation of the Everlasting Gospel of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, the Onely Begotten Son of God and Sovereign over Men and Angels, London: […] J. Flesher, for W. Morden […], page 80:
- […] where Hercules and Omphale having changed garments, he lying in his wives clothes, and ſhe in his Lions skin, made the luſtfull God mistake ſo unluckily, […]
- 1711, [Laurent] B[ordelon], translated by [unknown], A History of the Ridiculous Extravagancies of Monsieur Oufle; […], London: […] J. Morphew, […], page 43:
- He found a freſh Subject for his Admiration, when he ſaw the Prickles on that which bore his Wives Name, and the two others without any.
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Middle English
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- Alternative form of wif
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