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{{also|morning-gift}}
==English==
==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|en|morning-gift}}


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
Normalisation (after ''morning'' and ''gift'') of {{inh|en|enm|morgengive}}, {{m|enm|morhȝive}}, from {{inh|en|ang|morgenġifu}}, {{m|ang|morgenġiefu||morning gift}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*murgnagebō||morning gift}}, equivalent to {{m|en|morning}} + {{m|en|gift}}. Cognate with {{cog|nl|morgengave||morning gift}}, {{cog|de|Morgengabe||morning gift}}.
From ''[[morning]]'' + ''[[gift]]'', after Old English ''[[morgengifu|morgenġifu]]'' (or sometimes translating other Germanic languages).


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{en-noun|head=[[morning]] [[gift]]}}
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# A gift traditionally given in some (especially Germanic) cultures by the husband to his wife on the first morning of their marriage.
# A gift traditionally given in some (especially Germanic) cultures by the husband to his wife on the first morning after they were married.

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|morganatic}}


====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|gift given by husband to wife upon first morning of marriage}}
{{trans-top|gift given by husband to wife upon first morning of marriage}}
* Chinese:
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* Dutch: {{t|nl|morgengave|f}}
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|晨禮|tr=chén lǐ}}
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* Danish: {{t|da|morgengave|c}}
* {{trreq|German}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|morgengifu|f|alt=morgenġifu}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|morgengave|f}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|morgungáva|f}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|huomenlahja}}
* German: {{t+|de|Morgengabe|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|morgengabio|m}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|morgengive}}, {{t|enm|morhȝive}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|no|morgengave|f|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|no|morgongåve|f}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|morgenġifu|f}}, {{t|ang|morgenġiefu}}
* Old Swedish: {{t|gmq-osw|morghongæf|f}}, {{t|gmq-osw|morghongava|f}}, {{t|gmq-osw|hindradagsgæf|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|morgongåva|c}}
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{{C|en|Marriage}}

Latest revision as of 12:32, 27 September 2024

See also: morning-gift

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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”).

Noun

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morning gift (plural morning gifts)

  1. 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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Translations

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