mægden - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

• mǣden

From Proto-West Germanic *magadīn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæj.den/

mæġden n

1. girl
2. virgin, young unmarried woman

• cniht

• Middle English: mayden, maiden, maidene, medene, maden, madane, mædene, mæidene, maȝden, meidene (Early Middle English)
  • English: maiden
  • Scots: maidin
  • Yola: mydhen
• → Middle Irish: maigden (see there for further descendants)