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A gift traditionally given in some (especially Germanic) cultures by the husband to his wife on the first morning after they were married.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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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”).
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
晨禮 /晨礼
(chén lǐ)
— gift given by husband to wife upon first morning of marriage
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Danish:
morgengave
— gift given by husband to wife upon first morning of marriage
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Dutch:
morgengave
— gift given by husband to wife upon first morning of marriage
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Faroese:
morgungáva
— gift given by husband to wife upon first morning of marriage
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Finnish:
huomenlahja
— gift given by husband to wife upon first morning of marriage
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German:
Morgengabe
— gift given by husband to wife upon first morning of marriage
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Italian:
morgengabio
— gift given by husband to wife upon first morning of marriage
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Middle English:
morgengive
— gift given by husband to wife upon first morning of marriage
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Middle English:
morhȝive
— gift given by husband to wife upon first morning of marriage
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Norwegian Bokmål:
morgengave
— gift given by husband to wife upon first morning of marriage
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
morgongåve
— gift given by husband to wife upon first morning of marriage
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Old English:
morgenġifu
— gift given by husband to wife upon first morning of marriage
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Old English:
morgenġiefu
— gift given by husband to wife upon first morning of marriage
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Swedish:
morgongåva
— gift given by husband to wife upon first morning of marriage
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Old Swedish:
morghongæf
— gift given by husband to wife upon first morning of marriage
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Old Swedish:
morghongava
— gift given by husband to wife upon first morning of marriage
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Old Swedish:
hindradagsgæf
— gift given by husband to wife upon first morning of marriage
