Definition of "neife" [neife]

• A woman born in villeinage. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "According to Blackstone, the children of villeins were in the same state of bondage with their parents; whence they were called, in Latin, "nativi," which gave rise to the female appellation of a villein, who was called a _neife_."
• "Ifthe wicked depart fro his wicked -,/* neife, I will not remember all his iniquities."