English

Noun

neife ‎(plural neifes)

1. (historical) Alternative form of neif
   • 1771, Blackstone, William, Sir, “Of the Modern English Tenures”, in Commentaries on the Laws of England, volume 2, pages 93–94:

     For the children of villeins were also 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. [...] Neifes indeed had also an appeal of rape, in case the lord violated them by force.