ˈmorning-gift Antiq.
A modern rendering of OE. morᵹenᵹifu (see moryeve) or the equivalent form in other Teut. langs.
| 1597 [see morwyngift, quot. 1593]. 1597 Skene De Verb. Sign. s.v. Dos, The Dutch word morgengab, morning gift, is ane kind of dowry. 1824 J. Maidment North Countrie Garland (1884) 1 He has wooed the young Countess..An' given her for a morning gift Strathboggie and Aboyne. 1867 Freeman Norm. Conq. (1877) I. v. 306 The royal bride, like other Teutonic brides, had her morning-gift. |