† Wifkin

Obs. [OE. wífcyn(n: see WIFE sb. and KIN sb.¹] Womankind, women collectively.

c. 900.  trans. Bæda’s Hist., I. i. Þæt hi.. of þam wifcynne him cyning curan.

971.  Blickl. Hom., 143. Þu eart ʓebletsod betuh ealle wifcyn.

c. 1250.  Gen. & Ex., 656. Wið-uten wifkin and childre smale. Ibid., 1177. Noȝt wif-kinnes non birðe ne nam.