Old English · noun
mægeþ
Normalised mæġeþ
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- consonant stem, irregular
- IPA
- /ˈmæ.jeθ/
- Syllables
- ˈmæ · jeθ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- girlvirginwife
Meaning
-
girl, virgin
-
woman, wife
Ongunnon him on ūhtan æþelcunde mæġð ġierwan tō ġeonge; wiston gumena ġemōt æþelinges līċ eorðærne biþeaht.
Nobel women started to make themselves ready for the walk on the dawn; meetings of men knew that body of the atheling is covered by earthen-home.
10th century, The Descent into Hell:
Declension
All forms (3)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *magaþ, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs.
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