morning gift

See also: morning-gift

English

Alternative forms

• morning-gift

Etymology

Normalisation (after morning and gift) of Middle English morgengive, morhȝive, from Old English morgenġifu, morgenġiefu (“morning gift”), from Proto-Germanic *murgnagebō (“morning gift”), equivalent to morning + gift. Cognate with Dutch morgengave (“morning gift”), German Morgengabe (“morning gift”).

Noun

morning gift (plural morning gifts)

1. A gift traditionally given in some (especially Germanic) cultures by the husband to his wife on the first morning after they were married.

Related terms

• morganatic

Translations

gift given by husband to wife upon first morning of marriage

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 晨禮／晨礼 (chén lǐ)

• Danish: morgengave c
• Dutch: morgengave (nl) f
• Faroese: morgungáva f
• Finnish: huomenlahja
• German: Morgengabe (de) f
• Italian: morgengabio (it) m
• Middle English: morgengive, morhȝive
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: morgengave f or m

  Nynorsk: morgongåve f

• Old English: morgenġifu f, morgenġiefu
• Old Swedish: morghongava
• Swedish: morgongåva (sv) c