mægeþ

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Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *magaþ, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs.

Pronunciation

Noun

mæġeþ f (poetic)

  1. girl, virgin
  2. woman, wife

Declension

Consonant stem, irregular:

singular plural
nominative mæġeþ mæġeþ
accusative mæġeþ mæġeþ
genitive mæġeþ mæġþa
dative mæġeþ mæġþum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: mæið, meið, maið, maȝþ