- gender. Both wer and wyf may be used to
qualify "man"; for example: God
gesceop ða æt
fruman twegen men, wer and wif (then at the beginning, God created...
- wē
sculan herian Metodes mihte weorc Wuldorfæder; ēce Dryhten, Hē ǣrest
gesceōp heofon tō hrōfe, ða middangeard, ēce Dryhten, fīrum foldan, / heofonrīces...
- "wyf" may be used to
qualify "man", as in this Old
English example: God
gesceop ða æt
fruman twegen men, wer and wif (then at the beginning, God created...
- Þureð to þance þus het me wyrcean, to loue and to wurðe, þam þe
leoht gesceop.
Gemyndi is he mihta
gehwylcre þæs þe he on foldan gefremian mæg, and him...