Old English · noun

mona

Normalised mōna

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: weak
IPA: /ˈmoː.nɑ/
Syllables: ˈmoː · nɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English: moon moone

Meaning

moon

Sē mōna næfþ nān lēoht būtan of þǣre sunnan lēoman, and hē is ealra tungla niðemest.

The moon has no light except from the sun, and it is the lowest of all the heavenly bodies.
c. 994, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year

Declension

Declension of mona
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mōna	mōnan
Accusative	mōnan	mōnan
Genitive	mōnan	mōnena
Dative	mōnan	mōnum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s, probably a suffixed form of an ultimate root *meh₁- (“to measure”).

Descendants

moon, moone

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