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neif

noun
/niːf/

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman neif m, niefe f (“native, serf”), from Latin nātīvus m, nātīva f (“native”). Doublet of naïf and native.

  1. derived from nātīvus
  2. borrowed from neif

Definitions

  1. A woman born in the state of serfdom

    A woman born in the state of serfdom; a female serf.

    • Neifs indeed had also an appeal of rape, in case the lord violated them by force

  2. Alternative spelling of nief (“fist”).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for neif. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA