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Quotation dates: 1508
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(Wifehede,) Wyfhede, n. [Late ME wyfhede (15th c.).] The state or condition of being a wife. — c1508 Chepman and Myllar Prints vii c 10.
Fra thay … be weddit wyth thir wyis No mannis wit to wonder may suffice Quhare ar becummyn thir maidenis mylde of mude Off all thir wyfis that none ar founde gude O maidyn hede of vertu nobilest … O wyfhede wariit of wyis wickitest Moder of vice and hertis hye distresse
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