mayden

See also: Mayden

Middle English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛi̯dən/

Noun

mayden (plural maydenes)

1. maiden

Derived terms

• maidenchild

Descendants

• English: maiden
• Scots: maidin
• Yola: mydhen

References

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