mægden

Meaning

1. girl

   Puella mæġden. Puellāris mæġdenlīċ. Puella: “girl.” Puellaris: “girly.”

   c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English

2. virgin, young unmarried woman

   Hwȳ wolde God bēon ācenned of beweddodum mæġden? For miċelum ġesċēade, and ēac for nīede.

   Why would God be born from a married virgin? For a great reason, and also by necessity.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "The Annunciation of St. Mary"

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