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móna

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Grammar
móna, an; m.: but also móne, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §6; §24; §50; §121; §165; §211; §282; §285; §401;
the moon
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  • Se móna and ealle steorran underfóþ leóht of ðære miclan sunnan,

    • Lchdm. iii. 236, 19.

  • Se móna wæs æt fruman on ǽfen gesceapen,

    • 264, 26.

  • Sunna and móne (but næs se móna ðágyt uppe, 29, 22),

    • Nar. 28, 20: Bt. Met. Fox 29, 73
      • ;
    • Met. 29, 37.

  • Ðæs sunnan ásprungnis oððe ðære mónan,

    • Nar. 28, 10.

  • Ðæs mónan trendel

    the moon's disc,

    • Lchdm. ii. 242, 4.
moon as in new, full moon, the reference being to the stage reached in a lunar month
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  • Níwe móna

    neomenia,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 51.

  • Se níwa móna,

    • Lchdm. iii. 264, 26.

  • Móna se forma, se óðer, se þridda, etc.,

    • pp. 184-196.

  • [Ful]les mónan

    plene lunae,

    • Kent. Gl. 210.

  • Nǽfre búton on níwum mónan,

    • Lchdm. iii. 242, 23.

  • On ánre nihte ealdne mónan ... on tweigra nihta mónan, etc.,

    • 154, 15-28, 156, 1-16.

  • Hé gesette ðone mónan fulne,

    • 238, 27.

  • Ðæt geár hæfþ twelf níwe mónan,

    • 248, 25-26.
Etymology
[
Goth. ména; m.
:
Icel. máni; m.
:
O. Sax. máno; m.
:
O. Frs. móna; m.
:
Du. maan; f.
:
O. H. Ger. máno; m.
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M. H. Ger. máne; m. also f.; mánt, mánde
:
Ger. mond; m.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “móna.” 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/23104.

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