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† moryeve Obs.
Forms: α. 1 morᵹenᵹifu, -ᵹyfu, morᵹanᵹifu, 3 marhenȝiue, morȝen-ȝiue; β. 3 mærȝeue, morȝeue, mor(h)ȝiue, 5 mor(r)yve; γ. 3 mareȝeue, marechȝeue, marheȝeue, mahre-ȝiue, moru-ȝiue, 4 morw(e-)ȝyve, morow-ȝyfe, more ȝif.
[OE. morᵹenᵹifu, f. morᵹen morn, morrow + ᵹifu gift, yeve; corresponding to OHG. *morgangeba (morganegiba in Gregory of Tours, 6th c.); cf. the synonymous MHG. morgengâbe, mod.G. morgengabe, morgengift.]
The gift made by the husband to the wife on the morning after the consummation of the marriage. Also sometimes misused for dowry. Also fig. Cf. morning-gift.
c974Will in Birch Cartul. Sax. III. 630 Ic cyþe hwæt ic minum wiue to morᵹenᵹyue sealde; þæt is Beadewan [etc.]. c1000ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 115/13 Dos, morᵹanᵹifu. c1205Lay. 14394 Maiden he heo hæfde, & mærȝeue hire bi-tahte. Ibid. 31090 He wulle hire to morȝeue þene Mans bitæchen. a1225Ancr. R. 94 Ancren þeos two morhȝiuen [MS. C. marechȝeuen, MS. T. marhenȝiues] habben biuoren oðre. c1230Hali Meid. 54 (Bodl. MS.) Eadi is his spuse..hwas marheȝeue [MS. Tit. mahre-ȝiue] is þe kinedom of heouene. c1250Gen. & Ex. 1428 Siðen men hauen holden skil, first to freinen ðe wimmanes wil, Or or men hire to louerd ȝiue, for wedding or for morȝen-ȝiwe. c1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 257/24 A lauedi of a gret contreie, and of grete moruȝiue al-so. c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 142 And þis morwȝyve [v.r. morwe-ȝyve, morowȝyfe, more ȝif] is clepid of clerkes, dower of bodily sutilte. c1440Promp. Parv. 343/2 Moryve (morryve, S.), dos. |