mægþhad
Old English
Etymology 1
From mæġþ (“virgin, maiden”) + -hād (“-hood”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mæġþhād m
Etymology 2
From mǣġþ (“kindred”) + -hād (“-hood”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mǣġþhād m
- kinship, relationship
- Ne gedyrstlæce nan man be mægþhade butan soðre lufe. —Homilies of Ælfric, vol. 1. (Let no man presume upon kinship without true love)