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maidhood|ˈmeɪdhʊd|
[f. maid n. + -hood. In the earliest examples repr. OE. mæᵹ(e)þ-hád, f. mæᵹ(e)þ (see maiden n.).]
= maidenhood.
a900O.E. Martyrol. 31 May 88 Heo on mægðhade hire lif geendade. c1200Ormin 2497 Baþe leddenn i maȝȝþhad All þeȝȝre lif till ende. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 21 Ne hire maidhod ne was awemned. a1225St. Marher. 3 Ich habbe a deore ȝimstan ant ich hit habbe iȝeuen þe mi meidhad ich meane. 1601Shakes. Twel. N. iii. i. 162. 1604 ― Oth. i. i. 173 Is there not Charmes, By which the propertie of Youth, and Maidhood May be abus'd? 1800H. Wells Constantia Neville (ed. 2) II. 159 As by a matron the airs and graces of maidhood would be relinquished. 1881W. Wilkins Songs of Study 154 The innocence of her maidhood. |