mayden

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Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

maiden, maidene, medene, maden, madane
mædene, mæidene, maȝden, meidene (Early Middle English)

Etymology[edit]

From Old English mæġden, from Proto-West Germanic *magadīn.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈmɛi̯dən/

Noun[edit]

mayden (plural maydenes)

maiden

Derived terms[edit]

maidenchild

Descendants[edit]

English: maiden
Scots: maidin
Yola: mydhen

References[edit]

“maiden, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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