Obs. [OE. wífþing, f. WIFE sb. + THING sb.] An affair connected with a woman or wife. a. Sexual intercourse. b. A wedding, nuptial ceremony.
c. 1000. Sax. Leechd., I. 340. Þæt þis sy to wif þingum on bysmer [irritamentum ad coitum].
c. 1000. in Thorpe, Laws, II. 180. Be þam men þe ʓelomlice wif-þing begæð [de homine qui crebras nuptias conciliat].
c. 1205. Lay., 4444. Belin ihærde … of his broðer wifðinge. Ibid., 31128. Þe wes wifðing riche.
