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English
Noun
Maiden (plural Maidens)
- (Wicca) One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Crone and Mother representing a girl or a young woman
2002, A.J. Drew, Wicca for Couples: Making Magick Together, page 90:[…] different stages of life as represented by our Lady as Maiden, Mother, and Crone, as well as our Lord as Master, Father, and Sage.
2004, Aurora Greenbough, Cathy Jewell, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Spells and Spellcraft, page 9:The Lady is often thought of as having three aspects: Maiden, Mother, and Crone.
Antonyms
Proper noun
Maiden
- A surname.
- Iron Maiden, a heavy metal band from England.
Anagrams
- Damien, Eidman, Manide, Median, Medina, Midean, aidmen, demain, maenid, mained, median, medina, meidan
German
Pronunciation
Noun
Maiden f
- plural of Maid
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian mageth, from Proto-West Germanic *magaþ. Cognates include West Frisian meide and German Magd.
Pronunciation
Noun
Maiden f (plural Maidene)
- girl, lass
- virgin, maiden
2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:23:Sjooët, n Maiden skäl n Bäiden undfange, n Súun skäl ju uurwinne, un man skäl him dän Nome Immanuel reke, dät hat uursät: God is mäd uus.- Behold, a virgin shall become pregnant with a child, she will give birth to a son, and they shall give him the name Immanuel, which is translated: God is with us.
References
- Marron C. Fort (2015) “Maiden”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN