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10-27-2010, 05:03 PM
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Pilgrim Soul
Join Date: May 2004
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http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthr...hlight=midwife
This thread might be of interest. Originally man mean person and was genderneutral- a man in our usage was a wereman while a woman was a wyfman.
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10-29-2010, 02:29 PM
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Blossom of Dwimordene
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: The realm of forgotten words
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exactly: wyfman = wife man
here you go! wife means woman
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