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morning gift

noun

Etymology

Normalisation (after morning and gift) of Middle English morgengive, morhȝive, from Old English morgenġifu, morgenġiefu (“morning gift”), from Proto-Germanic *murgnagebō (“morning gift”), equivalent to morning + gift. Cognate with Dutch morgengave (“morning gift”), German Morgengabe (“morning gift”).

  1. inherited from *murgnagebō✻
  2. inherited from morgenġifu
  3. inherited from morgengive

Definitions

  1. A gift traditionally given in some (especially Germanic) cultures by the husband to his…

    A gift traditionally given in some (especially Germanic) cultures by the husband to his wife on the first morning after they were married.

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