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mægden-mann

  • noun [ masculine ]
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mægden-mann, es; m.
A maid, virgin
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  • Mǽdenman

    virgo.

    • Wrt. Voc. 73, 6.
  • Gá án mǽdenman to, and hó hit on his sweoran,

    • Lchdm. iii. 42, 9.
  • Gif hwylc mǽdenman on geférrǽdene mid gehádodum wunaþ

    si puella aliqua in societate cum ordinatis habitet,

    • L. Ecg. P. ii. 17
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 188, 9.
  • Gif man wið cyninges mægdenman geligeþ,

    • L. Ethb. 10
    • ;
    • Th. i. 6, 4.
  • Forðon Mesiane noldon ðæt Læcedemonia mægdenmenn mid heora ofreden and heora godum onsægden

    propter spretas virgines suas in solemni Messeniorum sacrificio,

    • Ors. 1, 14
    • ;
    • Swt. 56, 16.
Etymology
[
Orm. Sannte Marȝe wass æfre maȝȝdennmann.
]
Similar entries
v. mægþ-mann.
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v.  mægþ-mann.
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