Maiden

See also: maiden, mäiden, and Mäiden

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Mayden

Noun

Maiden (plural Maidens)

1. (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.

Antonyms

• Master

Proper noun

Maiden

1. A surname.
2. 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:

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• Homophone: meiden

Noun

Maiden f

1. 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)

1. girl, lass
2. 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.

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “Maiden”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN