The father … shall say: he reports to the elders what happened (see verse 14).
To wife means “to marry,” “to be his wife.”
And he spurns her: see verse 13.
Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Deuteronomy. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2000. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .