mægdenhad

Old English

Etymology

Composed of mæġden +‎ -hād.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæj.denˌxɑːd/, [ˈmæj.denˌhɑːd]

Noun

mæġdenhād m

1. girlhood
2. virginity

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	mæġdenhād	mæġdenhādas
accusative	mæġdenhād	mæġdenhādas
genitive	mæġdenhādes	mæġdenhāda
dative	mæġdenhāde	mæġdenhādum

Descendants

• Middle English: maȝdenhad, meidenhod, maydenhode
  • English: maidenhood

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “mægdenhád”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.