wive

From Middle English wiven, iwiven, from Old English wīfian, wīfiġan, ġewīfian (“to take a wife; marry”).

• Rhymes: -aɪv

wive (third-person singular simple present wives, present participle wiving, simple past and past participle wived)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To marry (a woman).
2. (transitive) To provide (someone) with a wife.

• view

A version of wif with the voiced consonant analogically brought in from the plural forms.

wive

1. Alternative form of wif

From Old English wīfa, nominative plural of wīf.

wive

1. plural of wif