maighdeann
See also: Maighdeann
Scottish Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish maigden, from Old English mæġden, from Proto-West Germanic *magadīn.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
maighdeann f (genitive singular maighdinn, plural maighdeannan)
- maid, maiden, virgin
- female servant
- chambermaid
- nymph
- last handful of a crop of corn cut off the land
- standard or bearer of driving-wheel (spinning-wheel)
- upright support of flyers of spinning-wheel
- beheading instrument