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morgengiefa

morgengiefa [AS morgen giefu] , gift presented by a husband to a wife on the morning after consummation of a marriage. si infra unius anni spatium capiat maritum, perdat morgangifam [v. l. morhangifam] suam et omnem peccuniam quam ex priori marito habebat (Leg. Hen. 11. 13a) GAS 557; perdat morgangyfam [vv. ll. morganyvam, morgagifam, morhamgifam, AS: morgengyfe] suam (Quad.) Ib. 361.

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