neif
noun/niːf/ · /neɪf/
Etymology Borrowed from Anglo-Norman neif m, niefe f (“native, serf”), from Latin nātīvus m, nātīva f (“native”). Doublet of naïf and native.
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Historical A woman born in the state of serfdom; a female serf.
- Neifs indeed had also an appeal of rape, in case the lord violated them by force1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC: