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Meaning of NEIF

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Neif\, Neife \Neife\ (n[=e]f), n. [OF. ne["i]f, na["i]f, a
    born serf, fr. L. nativus born, imparted by birth. See
    {Native}.]
    A woman born in the state of villeinage; a female serf.
    --Blackstone.
    
  2. \Neif\, Neaf \Neaf\ (n[=e]f), n. [Icel. hnefi; akin to Dan.
    n[ae]ve, Sw. n["a]fve.]
    The fist. [Obs.] ``I kiss thy neif.'' ``Give me your neaf.''
    --Shak.
    
 
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