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Old English
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *mānōþ, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs.
Pronunciation
Noun
mōnaþ m
- 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.
- (in compounds) moon, lunar
- mōnaþfylen ― the full moon, time of the full-moon
- mōnaþsēocnes ― lunacy (literally, “moon sickness”)
Declension
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Strong a-stem:
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See manian.
Pronunciation
Verb
monaþ
- Alternative form of manaþ; third-person singular present indicative of manian