mayden

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === maiden, maidene, medene, maden, madane mædene, mæidene, maȝden, meidene (Early Middle English) === Etymology === From Old English mæġden, from Proto-West Germanic *magadīn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmæi̯dən/ === Noun === mayden (plural maydenes) maiden ==== Derived terms ==== mayden child maydenhede ==== Descendants ==== English: maiden Scots: maidin Yola: mydhen ==== References ==== “maiden, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.