neife

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_.

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Ifthe wicked depart fro his wicked -,/* neife, I will not remember all his iniquities.

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