broþorwif

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

brōþorwīf n

sister-in-law

Declension

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References

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

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