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mægden

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
mægden, mǽden, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §54; §58; §146; §162; §218; §321; §350; §600;
A maiden, girl, virgin
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  • Mǽden oððe geong wífman

    puella,

    • Wrt. Voc. 73, 5.
  • Nis ðis mǽden ná deád ac heó slǽpþ. . . Hé nam ðæs mǽdenes módor,

    • Mk. Skt. 5, 39-40.
  • Ðú nú sceáwa ðínes mæg(d)enes (the Virgin Mary) eáþmódnesse,

    • Blickl. Homl. 159, 4.
  • Ðá wearþ ðæs mægdnes mód miclum geblissad,

    • Exon. 74b
    • ;
    • Th. 279, 3
    • ;
    • Jul. 608.
  • Hit sealde ðam mǽdene (the daughter of Herodias), and ðæt mǽden hit sealde hire méder,

    • Mk. Skt. 6, 28.
  • Gif hwá mǽden nýdnǽme

    si quis violenter virginem opprimat,

    • L. C. S. 53
    • ;
    • Th. i. 406, 3.
  • Ne nýde man náðer ne wíf ne mǽden tó ðam ðe hyre sylfre mislícige

    let no woman, whether she have been married before or not, be forced to a marriage which she dislikes,

    • 75
    • ;
    • Th. i. 416, 20: L. Edm. B. 1
    • ;
    • Th. i. 254, 2.
  • Mǽdenu

    virgines,

    • Ps. Th. 44. 15.
  • Tó abbudissan gehádod ofer má ðonne twám hund mǽdenum.

    • Homl. Th. ii. 476, 20.
  • Mǽdenu niman on þeáwe gódne tíman getácnaþ,

    • Lchdm. iii. 208, 28.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. magatín
:
M. H. Ger. magetín
.]
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v.  mǽden.
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  • mægden, n.