monaþ
Old English
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *mānōþ, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmoː.nɑθ/
Noun
mōnaþ m
- month
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
- Æfter þǣm Rōmeburg ġetimbred wæs V hunde wintrum ⁊ XXXIII, Hannibal, Pena cyning, besǣt Saguntum Ispania burg...⁊ þǣr wæs sittende eahta mōnaþ, oþ hē hīe ealle hungre ācwealde, ⁊ þā burg tōwearp....
- 533 years after Rome was built, Hannibal, king of the Carthaginians, laid siege to Saguntum, a city in Hispania...and he sat there for eight months, until he killed them all with hunger, and destroyed the city...
- Seofon mōnaþum lator iċ wæs of carcerne.
- Seven months later, I was out of jail.
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
- (in compounds) moon, lunar
- mōnaþfylen ― the full moon, time of the full-moon
- mōnaþsēocnes ― lunacy (literally, “moon sickness”)
Declension
Strong consonant stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mōnaþ | mōnaþ |
| accusative | mōnaþ | mōnaþ |
| genitive | mōnaþes | mōnaþa |
| dative | mōnaþ | mōnaþum |
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mōnaþ | mōnþas |
| accusative | mōnaþ | mōnþas |
| genitive | mōnþes | mōnþa |
| dative | mōnþe | mōnþum |
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See manian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmo.nɑθ/
Verb
monaþ