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bróþor-wíf

  • noun [ neuter ]
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bróþor-wíf, es; n.
A sister-in-law
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  • Bróþorwíf

    fratrissa, fratris uxor,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 54: i. 52, 30.
  • Is bewered þæt mon hine ne menge wiþ his bróþorwífe (

    cognata

    ) . . . ꝥ him álýfed ne waelig-acute;re ꝥ hé his bróþorwíf hæfde.
      Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 70, 7, 15.
  • Steópmódrum and bróþorwífum

    nouercis et cognatis

    ,
      Sch. 68, 18.
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  • bróþor-wíf, n.