− | :b. Phrases. (a) to wife (TO prep. 11b), for a wife, to be one's wife: in such phrases as to take to wife, to marry (somewhat arch.); {dag}to give (grant) to wife, to bestow in marriage; {dag}to have (hold) to wife, to have as one's wife, be the husband of; to will to wife, to desire to marry. | + | :b. Phrases. (a) to wife (TO prep. 11b), for a wife, to be one's wife: in such phrases as to take to wife, to marry (somewhat arch.); {dag}to give (grant) to wife, to bestow in [[marriage]]; {dag}to have (hold) to wife, to have as one's wife, be the husband of; to will to wife, to desire to marry. |
| ::(b) wife's light, a light (in a church) maintained by married women (cf. maiden's light, MAIDEN n. 10). | | ::(b) wife's light, a light (in a church) maintained by married women (cf. maiden's light, MAIDEN n. 10). |