† maiden-child Obs.
A female child. (Cf. maid-child.)
| c 893 K. ælfred Oros. I. x. §2 Eft þonne þa wif heora bearn cendon, þonne feddon hie þa mædencild. c 1200 Ormin 7897, & maȝȝdennchild bitacneþþ uss Wac mahht i gode dedess. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 2574 Ðo bad monophis pharaun..leten ðe mayden childre liuen. c 1440 Bone Flor. 31 A feyre lady he had to wyfe, That..dyed of a maydyn chylde. 1587 Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1999/1 Leaving but one maiden-child and princesse. 1643 J. Steer tr. Exp. Chyrurg. ix. 42 There was a Maiden childe, of the age of two yeares. |