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mægþ-hád

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Grammar
mægþ-hád, <b>mægeþ-hád,</b> es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§372; §414;
maidenhood, virginity, celibacy, chastity
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  • Ðú cennest cyning ealra clǽnnessa and ðinne mægþhád nó ne gewemmest,

    • Blickl. Homl. 7, 36: Exon. 12 a
      • ;
    • Th. 18, 25
      • ;
    • Cri. 289: 9 a
      • ;
    • Th. 6, 16
      • ;
    • Cri. 85 : Homl. Th. i. 460, 4.

  • Mægþhád is ǽgðer ge on wǽpmannum ge on wífmannum. Ða habbaþ rihtne mægþhád ða ðe fram cildháde wuniaþ on clǽnnesse,

    • 148, 13.

  • Mæigþhád,

    • 7.

  • Ðæt sindan ða ða ðe mid wífum ne beóþ besmitene, and hira mægeþhád habbaþ gehealdenne,

    • Past. 52, 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 409, 7.

  • Mæ[g]þhádes

    virginitatis, puritatis,

    • Hpt. Gl. 411, 32:

    castitatis,

    • 441, 69
      • :

    celibatus, pubertatis,

    • 453, 56.

  • Hé sceal foresceáwian ðam mǽdene hire mægþhádes wurþ

    (pretium pudicitiæ),

    • Ex. 21, 10: L. Alf. 12
      • ;
    • Th. i. 46, 18.

  • Án man ðe sý mægþhádes man, cnapa oððe mægden,

    • Herb. 104, 2
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 218, 21.

  • Hire meiþhádes

    pupertatis sue,

    • Kent. Gl. 26.

  • Ic bidde ðé for Scam. Marian mægþháde,

    • Bt. Fox 260, 3.
a body of young persons
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  • Mægeþháde

    pedagogio,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 30.
Etymology
[
Marh. meiðhad
:
Orm. maȝȝþhadd
:
O. H. Ger. magad-heit virginitas, pubertas, coelibatus.
]
Similar entries
v. mægden-hád.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “mægþ-hád.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/22123.

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