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mægden-cild

  • noun [ neuter ]
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mægden-cild, es; n.
A female child, girl
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  • Gif hit hysecild byþ ofsleáþ ðæt gif hit sí mǽdencild healdaþ ðæt

    si masculus fuerit, interficite eum, si femina reservate,

    • Ex. 1, 16.
  • Ðonne ða wíf heora bearn cendon, ðonne féddon hié ða mǽdencild and slógon ða hysecild, and ðǽm mǽdencildum hié fortendun ðæt swíðre breóst foran,

    • Ors. 1, 10
    • ;
    • Swt. 46, 10-12.
  • Tǽcende ðám mǽdencildum

    docendo puellas,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 26
    • ;
    • Som. 28, 16.
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  • mægden-cild, n.