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neif

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[neef, nayf] / nif, neɪf /

noun

neifs plural
  1. History/Historical. a slave or serf by birth, especially a woman.


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Sweet knight, I kiss thy neif: what! we have seen the seven stars.

From King Henry IV, Part 2 by Shakespeare, William

The old neif, after thus enjoining silence, made a gesture for the youth to follow, and shuffled noiselessly before him.

From The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century by Miles, George Henry

To show that the later Folios only corrected the first by conjecture, we may instance two lines in Midsummer Night’s Dream: Give me your neif, Mounsieur Mustard Seed.

From The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] Introduction and Publisher's Advertising by Clark, William George

Come, give us thy neif, and let us part in peace.

From Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth by Kingsley, Charles

"Fly! fly! my lady!" cried the terrified neif, setting the example.

From The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century by Miles, George Henry

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