† wifthing Obs.
[OE. w{iacu}fþing, f. wife n. + thing n.]
An affair connected with a woman or wife. a. Sexual intercourse. b. A wedding, nuptial ceremony.
| c 1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 340 Þæt þis sy to wif þingum on bysmær [irritamentum ad coitum]. c 1000 in Thorpe Laws II. 180 Be þam men þe ᵹelomlice wif-þing begæð [de homine qui crebras nuptias conciliat]. c 1205 Lay. 4444 Belin ihærde..of his broðer wifðinge. Ibid. 31128 Þe wes wif⁓ðing riche. |