monaþ

Senses

1. month

2. late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

   Æfter þǣm Rōmeburg ġetimbred wæs V hunde wintrum ⁊ XXXIII, Hannibal, Pena cyning, besǣt Saguntum Ispania burg...⁊ þǣr wæs sittende eahta mōnaþ, oþ hē hīe ealle hungre ācwealde, ⁊ þā burg tōwearp....

   533 years after Rome was built, Hannibal, king of the Carthaginians, laid siege to Saguntum, a city in Hispania...and he sat there for eight months, until he killed them all with hunger, and destroyed the city...

3. Seofon mōnaþum lator iċ wæs of carcerne.

4. Seofon mōnaþum lator iċ wæs of carcerne. Seven months later, I was out of jail.; Seven months later, I was out of jail.

5. moon, lunar

   mōnaþfylen

   the full moon, time of the full-moon

Declension · strong consonant stem

Senses

1. alternative form of manaþ; third-person singular present indicative of manian