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MORNING , properly the See also:

DAWN (the 16th-century form of the earlier " Jawing " or " dawning," from an old verb " daw," O. Eng. dagian, to become day; cf. Dutch dagen, and Ger. tagen)

dawn of See also:

day, sunrise, but extended to the whole See also:

early See also:

PART

part of the day, from the dawn to midday. " Morning " (M. Eng. morwening) was formed on the See also:

ANALOGY (Gr. avaXo-yLa, proportion)

analogy of " evening," from " morn," in M. Eng. morwen, and originally meant the coming of the sunrise, as " evening," the coming of the See also:

close of the day (O. Eng. cefnung, from mien, See also:

eve). The O. Eng. See also:

MORGEN

morgen represents the See also:

COMMON

common See also:

Teutonic word for the dawn; the ultimate source has been assigned to the See also:

root, seen in " murk," " murky," meaning to be dark, or, with more See also:

PROBABILITY (Lat. probabilis, probable or credible)

probability, to the root mergh, to twinkle, shine (cf. Lith. mirga), and further to the root See also:

mar, as in Gr. yapzatpew, to shine (cf. See also:

Lat. marmor, See also:

MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble). The M. Eng. morwen dropped then and became morwe, " morrow," which properly means " morning," but was soon used of the day following the See also:

PRESENT

present. The " morning-See also:

STAR

star " (Ger.

Morgenstern) was a military weapon of the See also:

MIDDLE

middle ages, consisting of a See also:

MACE (Fr. masse, O. Fr. mace, connected with Lat.'ntateola, a mallet)

mace or See also:

CLUB (connected with " clump ")

club with a See also:

ball See also:

head studded with spikes; the spiked ball was sometimes swung loose from the head of the mace by a See also:

CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain. The weapon was also known as a " See also:

HOLY

holy See also:

WATER

water sprinkler." The "morning-See also:

GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift," earlier " moryeve," Ger. Morgengabe, was the present given to a See also:

BRIDE (a common Teutonic word, e.g..Goth. bruths, O. Eng. bryd, O. H. Ger. prs2t, Mod. Ger. Bract, Dut. bruid, possibly derived from the root bru-, cook, brew; from the med. latinized form bruta, in the sense of daughter-in-law, is derived the Fr. bru)

bride by her See also:

HUSBAND

husband on the morning after the See also:

MARRIAGE

marriage. The See also:

CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom is probably connected with the origin of the See also:

TERM

term " morganatic marriage " (see MORGANATIC).

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