wifehood (wifhud)

[ She taughte al the craft of fyn lovinge, And namely of wyfhood the livinge. Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 545. The stately flower of female fortitude, Of perfect wifehood . Tennyson, Isabel. MHG. G. walten , rule, = Icel. valda , wield, = Sw. valla (for * vålda ) , occasion, cause, = Dan. fiery for firy . volde , commonly for - volde , occasion, cause, = Goth. wald an , govern; cf. Ru . vladieti , reign, rule, po e , make use of, = Lith. waldyti , rule, govern, po e ; prob. valere , be strong, have power: see valid .] 1. To have power or sway over; rule; govern; manage. wiery2t, a. [AS. wær, a pool, a fish-pond.] Womankind. Genesis and Exodus (E. E. T. S.), 1. 656. wifele (wif'les), a. wyflees; wife + -le .] Wet; moist; marshy. Wiesbaden water. See water. wife (wif), n.; pl. wives (wīvz). [ [ Sixty yeer a wyflees man was he. wyf (pl. wif , wive , wifes , wives ), wif , neut. (pl. wif ), a woman, wife, = OS. wif , wibh = OFries. wif = D. wijf = LG. wief = OHG. MHG. wifelike (wif'lik), a. wip , G. weib = Icel. vif (used only in poetry) bling or pertaining to = Sw. vif = Dan. viv , woman; not found in Goth. and not traced outside of Teut.; root un- known. It cannot be connected, as commonly Chaucer , Monk's Tale, 1. 20. thought, with weave . Some compare Skt. ✔ vip , IMG:content-2372.png:[blocks in formation] 4+. To have; po e ; enjoy. And sum prince axide him, seyinge, Good maister, what thing doynge schal I welde euerlastyng lyf? Wyclif, Luke xviii. 18. And alway [he] slewe the kynges dere, And welt them at his wyll. Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode (Child's Ballads, V. 108). But tell me, that hast seen him, Menaphon, What stature wields he, and what personage? Marlowe, Tamburlaine, I., ii. 1. To wield a good baton. See baton . wieldt, n. [ welde (cf. walde , wolde , geweald , power); from the verb.] Command; power; management. Doo weel bi hem of thi good that thou hast in welde. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 43. wieldable (wēl'da-bl), a . [ -able .] Capable of being wielded.