mayde

Middle English

Etymology

Apocope of mayden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæi̯d(ə)/

Noun

mayde (plural maydes)

1. young woman
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Wyfe of Bathes Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     Crist was a mayde and shapen as a man.

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Descendants

• English: maid
• Yola: mydhe, midhe, myde, mide, maide

References

• “maid(e, n. & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.