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Mæð-hild
/mæθxild /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Noun
Gender: Feminine
Mæð-hild
, e; f. A woman's name, Matilda :-- Wé ðæt Mæðhilde gefrugnon, Exon. 100 a; Th. 378, 10; Deór. 14. Grein would read mǽð hilde, comparing mǽð with Icel. meiða to injure, spoil.
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Mæð-hild
. If this be a woman's name, it could not be that which later becomes Matilda, cf. Mathild, Chr. 1067; P. 202, 28: Mahtild, 1083; P. 215, 22. O.H.Ger. Maht-hilt.
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