Old English · noun
monaþseoc
Normalised mōnaþsēoc
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- IPA
- /ˈmoː.nɑθˌse͜oːk/
- Syllables
- ˈmoː · nɑθ · ˌse͜oːk (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- insanelunaticmoonstruckmenstruatingepileptic
Meaning
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insane, lunatic, moonstruck
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epileptic
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menstruating
Ġelēaffulle lǣwede menn, þe on rihtum sinsċipe lybbað, āġifað þrītiġfealdne wǣstm gōdra weorca, ġif hī heora ǣwe æfter bōclīcum ġesetnyssum healdað, þæt is, þæt hī for bearnes ġestrēone, on alyfedum tīman, hǣmed begān, and bearneacniġende wīf and mōnaðsēoc forbūgan; and ðonne hēo leng tȳman ne mæġ,̇ ġeswican hī hǣmedes.
Faithful lay people, who live in righteous marriage, yield thirtyfold fruit of good works, if their marriage follows the biblical decrees; that is, that they have intercourse for the procreation of children at permitted times, and abstain from intercourse with pregnant or menstruating women, and that at the time they can no longer procreate, they cease intercourse.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | mōnaþsēoc | mōnaþsēoc | mōnaþsēoc |
| Accusative | mōnaþsēocne | mōnaþsēoce | mōnaþsēoc |
| Genitive | mōnaþsēoces | mōnaþsēocre | mōnaþsēoces |
| Dative | mōnaþsēocum | mōnaþsēocre | mōnaþsēocum |
| Instrumental | mōnaþsēoce | mōnaþsēocre | mōnaþsēoce |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | mōnaþsēoce | mōnaþsēocamōnaþsēoce | mōnaþsēoc |
| Accusative | mōnaþsēoce | mōnaþsēocamōnaþsēoce | mōnaþsēoc |
| Genitive | mōnaþsēocra | mōnaþsēocra | mōnaþsēocra |
| Dative | mōnaþsēocum | mōnaþsēocum | mōnaþsēocum |
| Instrumental | mōnaþsēocum | mōnaþsēocum | mōnaþsēocum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | mōnaþsēoca | mōnaþsēoce | mōnaþsēoce |
| Accusative | mōnaþsēocan | mōnaþsēocan | mōnaþsēoce |
| Genitive | mōnaþsēocan | mōnaþsēocan | mōnaþsēocan |
| Dative | mōnaþsēocan | mōnaþsēocan | mōnaþsēocan |
| Instrumental | mōnaþsēocan | mōnaþsēocan | mōnaþsēocan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | mōnaþsēocan | mōnaþsēocan | mōnaþsēocan |
| Accusative | mōnaþsēocan | mōnaþsēocan | mōnaþsēocan |
| Genitive | mōnaþsēocramōnaþsēocena | mōnaþsēocramōnaþsēocena | mōnaþsēocramōnaþsēocena |
| Dative | mōnaþsēocum | mōnaþsēocum | mōnaþsēocum |
| Instrumental | mōnaþsēocum | mōnaþsēocum | mōnaþsēocum |
All forms (10)
Etymology
From mōnaþ (“moon, month”) + sēoc (“sick”), derived from the idea that the moon could cause intermittent insanity (compare lūnāticus, with the same origin).
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