monaþ

Old English

Etymology 1

From West Germanic *mānōþ, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs. Cognate with Old Frisian mōnath (West Frisian moanne), Old Saxon mānuth (Low German Maand), Old Dutch *mānoþ (Dutch maand), Old High German mānōd (German Monat), Old Norse mánaðr (Swedish månad), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐍉𐌸𐍃 (mēnōþs).

Alternative forms

• mōnað — edh spelling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.nɑθ/

Noun

mōnaþ m

1. month

   Ūre ċild is būtan eahta mōnaþa eald.

   Our baby is only eight months old.

   Iċ forġeat þæt iċ hīe lætestne mōnaþ ġemētte.

   I forgot that I met her last month.

   Seofon mōnaþum lator iċ wæs of cwearterne.

   Seven months later, I was out of jail.

   Cum þū eft on six mōnaþum ġif þū þā ġīet leofast.

   Come back in six months if you're still alive by then.

   mōnaþādl ― monthly illness

   mōnaþbōt ― penance lasting for a month

2. (in compounds) moon, lunar

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

   mōnaþsēocnes ― lunacy (literally, “moon sickness”)

Declension

Declension of monaþ (strong consonant stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	mōnaþ	mōnaþ
accusative	mōnaþ	mōnaþ
genitive	mōnaþes	mōnaþa
dative	mōnaþ	mōnaþum

Declension of monaþ (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	mōnaþ	mōnþas
accusative	mōnaþ	mōnþas
genitive	mōnþes	mōnþa
dative	mōnþe	mōnþum

Derived terms

• blōtmōnaþ
• eastermōnaþ
• hærfestmōnaþ
• hreþmōnaþ
• hāliġmōnaþ
• Mædmōnaþ
• mōnaþlīċ
• solmōnaþ
• sēarmōnaþ
• 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