monaþ

See also: monath and monað

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *mānōþ, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs.

Alternative forms

• mōnað — edh spelling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.nɑθ/

Noun

mōnaþ m

1. month

   Seofon mōnaþum lator iċ wæs of carcerne.

   Seven months later, I was out of jail.

2. (in compounds) moon, lunar

   mōnaþfylen ― the full moon, time of the full-moon

   mōnaþsēocnes ― lunacy (literally, “moon sickness”)

Declension

Declension of mōnaþ (strong consonant stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	mōnaþ	mōnaþ
accusative	mōnaþ	mōnaþ
genitive	mōnaþes	mōnaþa
dative	mōnaþ	mōnaþum

Declension of mōnaþ (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	mōnaþ	mōnþas
accusative	mōnaþ	mōnþas
genitive	mōnþes	mōnþa
dative	mōnþe	mōnþum

Derived terms

• blōtmōnaþ
• eastermōnaþ
• hærfestmōnaþ
• hreþmōnaþ
• hāliġmōnaþ
• Mædmōnaþ
• mōnaþblōd
• mōnaþlīċ
• solmōnaþ
• sēarmōnaþ
• þrimilcemōnaþ
• weodmōnaþ

 

Descendants

• Middle English: moneth, month, monþ, moneþ, monæþ
  • English: month
  • Scots: moneth

Etymology 2

See manian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmo.nɑθ/

Verb

monaþ

1. Alternative form of manaþ; third-person singular present indicative of manian