Maiden
See also: maiden, mäiden, and Mäiden
English
Noun
Maiden (plural Maidens)
- (Wicca) One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Crone and Mother representing a girl or a young woman
- 2002, A.J. Drew, Wicca for Couples: Making Magick Together, page 90
- […] different stages of life as represented by our Lady as Maiden, Mother, and Crone, as well as our Lord as Master, Father, and Sage.
- 2004, Aurora Greenbough, Cathy Jewell, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Spells and Spellcraft, page 9
- The Lady is often thought of as having three aspects: Maiden, Mother, and Crone.
- 2002, A.J. Drew, Wicca for Couples: Making Magick Together, page 90
Antonyms
- Master
Proper noun
Maiden
- A surname.
- Iron Maiden, a heavy metal band from England.
Anagrams
- Damien, Eidman, Manide, Median, Medina, Midean, aidmen, demain, maenid, mained, median, medina, meidan
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaɪ̯dən/
Audio (file) - Homophone: meiden
Noun
Maiden f
- plural of Maid
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian mageth, from Proto-West Germanic *magaþ. Cognates include West Frisian meide and German Magd.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaːi̯dən/
- Hyphenation: Mai‧den
- Rhymes: -aːi̯dən
Noun
Maiden f (plural Maidene)
- girl, lass
- virgin, maiden
- 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:23:
- Sjooët, n Maiden skäl n Bäiden undfange, n Súun skäl ju uurwinne, un man skäl him dän Nome Immanuel reke, dät hat uursät: God is mäd uus.
- Behold, a virgin shall become pregnant with a child, she will give birth to a son, and they shall give him the name Immanuel, which is translated: God is with us.
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References
- Marron C. Fort (2015), “Maiden”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN