broþorwif

Old English

Etymology

From brōþor (“brother”) +‎ wīf (“wife”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbroː.θorˌwiːf/, [ˈbroː.ðorˌwiːf]

Noun

brōþorwīf n

sister-in-law

Declension

Declension of broþorwif (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	brōþorwīf	brōþorwīf
accusative	brōþorwīf	brōþorwīf
genitive	brōþorwīfes	brōþorwīfa
dative	brōþorwīfe	brōþorwīfum

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “brōþorwīf”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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