mægdenhad

Old English

Etymology

Composed of mæġden +‎ -hād.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæj.denˌxɑːd/, [ˈmæj.denˌhɑːd]

Noun

mæġdenhād m

1. girlhood
2. virginity

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	mæġdenhād	mæġdenhādas
accusative	mæġdenhād	mæġdenhādas
genitive	mæġdenhādes	mæġdenhāda
dative	mæġdenhāde	mæġdenhādum

Descendants

• Middle English: maydenhede
  • English: maidenhood; maidenhead
  • Middle Scots: madinheid

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “mægdenhád”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.