monaþseoc

== Old English == === Etymology === From mōnaþ (“moon, month”) +‎ sēoc (“sick”), derived from the idea that the moon could cause intermittent insanity (compare lūnāticus, with the same origin). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmoː.nɑθˌse͜oːk/ === Noun === mōnaþsēoc f insane, lunatic, moonstruck epileptic menstruating Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== mōnaþādl (“menstruation”, literally “monthly disease”) === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “mónaþseóc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.