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morgen-gifu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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morgen-gifu, e; f.
The gift made by the husband to the wife on the morning after the consummation of the marriage
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  • Morgengifu

    dos,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 53.
  • Hit (five hides of land) wæs hire morgengifu ðá heó ǽrest tó Aðulfe com,

    • Chart. Th. 170, 24.
  • Gif heó(a widow) binnan geáres fæce wer geceóse, ðonne þolige heó ðære morgengyfe,

    • L. C. S. 74
    • ;
    • Th. i. 416, 8
    • (cf.
    • 522, 3: 576, 2
    • ).
  • Ic cýðe hwæt ic mínum wífe tó morgengife sealde, ðæt is Beadewan and Burgestede and Strátford and ða þreó hýda æt Heánhealan,

    • Chart. Th. 596, 31.
  • Hig ðone cincg bǽdon ðæt heó móste gesyllan hire morgengife intó Cristes cyrcean,

    • 540, 18.
  • Gif hió bearn ne gebyreþ fæderingmágas ágan morgengyfe,

    • L. Ethb. 81
    • ;
    • Th. i. 24, 2.
  • v. Grmm. R. A. 441.
Etymology
[
Gen. and Ex. morgen-giwe
:
A. R. marhen-, marech-, morh-giue
:
Laym. mor-, mær-ȝeue douaire
:
Prompt. Parv. mor-yve dos
:
Icel. morgun-gjöf
:
Dan. morgen-gave
:
O. H. Ger. morgan-geba
:
Ger. morgen-gabe.
]
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  • morgen-gifu, n.