maydenhede

• maidenhed, maidenhede, maidenhiede, maidenhod, maydenhod, maydenhode, maydenhood
• maidanhod, maidenhad, maiden-had, meidenhad, meidenhod (Early Middle English); maȝȝdennhad (Ormulum)
• madened, madenhod, madunhede, maydenhed, maydenheed, maydynhed (Late Middle English)
• maiden-hedd, maydynhede (Northern); maiden-hod, maidenot, maydinhode, maydinhood (Southern)

Inherited from Old English mæġdenhād; by surface analysis, mayden (“maiden, virgin woman”) +‎ -hede (“-hood”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæi̯dənˌhɛ̝ːd(ə)/, /ˈmæi̯dənˌhɔ̝ːd(ə)/

maydenhede (uncountable)

1. Virginity, maidenhood (usually of a woman; especially due to celibacy)
2. (rare) Girlhood; the state or quality of being a young woman or girl.
3. (rare, figuratively) The first use of something.

• English: maidenhood; maidenhead
• Middle Scots: madinheid

• “maidenhēde, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.