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Scots
Etymology
guid (“good”) + wife (“woman”)
Noun
guidwife (plural guidwifes)
- wife
1825, Archibald Crawfurd, Tales of my grandmother:The guidwife had repeatedly given Peter the hint to throw the shawl into the bed, as it would be there concealed till the husband was gone […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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