monaþ

See also: monath and monað

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *mānōþ, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs.

Alternative forms

• mōnoþ
• mōnað — edh spelling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.nɑθ/

Noun

mōnaþ m

1. month
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Æfter þǣm Rōmeburg ġetimbred wæs V hunde wintrum ⁊ XXXIII, Hannibal, Pena cyning, besǣt Saguntum Ispania burg...⁊ þǣr wæs sittende eahta mōnaþ, oþ hē hīe ealle hungre ācwealde, ⁊ þā burg tōwearp....

     533 years after Rome was built, Hannibal, king of the Carthaginians, laid siege to Saguntum, a city in Hispania...and he sat there for eight months, until he killed them all with hunger, and destroyed the city...

   Seofon mōnaþum lator iċ wæs of carcerne.

   Seven months later, I was out of jail.

2. (in compounds) moon, lunar

   mōnaþfylen ― the full moon, time of the full-moon

   mōnaþsēocnes ― lunacy (literally, “moon sickness”)

Declension

Strong consonant stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	mōnaþ	mōnaþ
accusative	mōnaþ	mōnaþ
genitive	mōnaþes	mōnaþa
dative	mōnaþ	mōnaþum

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	mōnaþ	mōnþas
accusative	mōnaþ	mōnþas
genitive	mōnþes	mōnþa
dative	mōnþe	mōnþum

Derived terms

• blōtmōnaþ
• eastermōnaþ
• hærfestmōnaþ
• hāliġmōnaþ
• hreþmōnaþ
• Mædmōnaþ
• mōnaþblōd
• mōnaþlīċ
• mōnaþsēocnes
• sēarmōnaþ
• solmōnaþ
• þrimilcemōnaþ
• weodmōnaþ

Descendants

• Middle English: moneth, month, monþ, moneþ, monæþ
  • English: month
  • Scots: moneth

Etymology 2

See manian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmo.nɑθ/

Verb

monaþ

1. Alternative form of manaþ; third-person singular present indicative of manian