"morning gift" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: morning gifts [plural]
Etymology: Normalisation (after morning and gift) of Middle English morgengive, morhȝive, from Old English morgenġifu, morgenġiefu (“morning gift”), from Proto-Germanic *murgnagebō (“morning gift”), equivalent to morning + gift. Cognate with Dutch morgengave (“morning gift”), German Morgengabe (“morning gift”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|morgengive}} Middle English morgengive, {{m|enm|morhȝive}} morhȝive, {{inh|en|ang|morgenġifu}} Old English morgenġifu, {{m|ang|morgenġiefu||morning gift}} morgenġiefu (“morning gift”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*murgnagebō||morning gift}} Proto-Germanic *murgnagebō (“morning gift”), {{m|en|morning}} morning, {{m|en|gift}} gift, {{cog|nl|morgengave||morning gift}} Dutch morgengave (“morning gift”), {{cog|de|Morgengabe||morning gift}} German Morgengabe (“morning gift”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} morning gift (plural morning gifts)
  1. A gift traditionally given in some (especially Germanic) cultures by the husband to his wife on the first morning after they were married. Categories (topical): Marriage Synonyms: morning-gift Related terms: morganatic Translations (gift given by husband to wife upon first morning of marriage): 晨禮 (Chinese Mandarin), 晨礼 (chén lǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), morgengave [common-gender] (Danish), morgengave [feminine] (Dutch), morgungáva [feminine] (Faroese), huomenlahja (Finnish), Morgengabe [feminine] (German), morgengabio [masculine] (Italian), morgengive (Middle English), morhȝive (Middle English), morgengave [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), morgongåve [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), morgenġifu [feminine] (Old English), morgenġiefu (Old English), morghongava (Old Swedish), morgongåva [common-gender] (Swedish)

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