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† maid-child Obs.
= maiden-child.
c1205Lay. 14378 He bad Hengest his dring ȝiuen him þat maide-child. Ibid. 24529 Moni mæide child wes þere. c1375Cursor M. 11299 (Laud) For maide child [other texts maiden child] as long also. c1386Chaucer Shipman's T. 95 A mayde child cam in hire compaignye. a1450Myrc 217 Also thys mote ben hem sayde, Boþe for knaue chyldere & for mayde, That [etc.]. 1535Coverdale Lev. xii. 5 But yf she beare a maydechilde [1611 maid child]. 1608Shakes. Per. v. iii. 6 [She] brought forth a Mayd child calld Marina. |