NODE / 0851attestedOld English
hlǣfdige
TRANSLITERATION hlǣfdige
lady; mistress of a household; loaf kneader
- DATE
- Old English
- SENSE
- loaf kneader compound
- FAMILY
- Indo-European / West Germanic
- CANONICAL KEY
- node:3:hlaefdige:attested:sense:loaf-kneader-compound
A compound whose loaf and kneading components are modeled separately.
01ANCESTRAL EDGES
ROOT OF THIS ROOT
GO DEEPERcompound componentestablished
Old English · Old English · bread loafhlāf
loaf; bread
- SOUND
- Old English hlǣfdige contains hlāf, loaf or bread, as its first lexical component.
- MEANING
- The household designation shares provision imagery with lord but not the same second component.
- CHRONOLOGY
- A morphological relation inside Old English.
- SCHOLAR
- Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
- CONFIDENCE
- established
GO DEEPERcompound componentestablished
Old English · Old English · kneader element-dige
kneader element
- SOUND
- Old English hlǣfdige contains -dige, a kneading element, beside hlāf.
- MEANING
- The kneading role supplies the second household component.
- CHRONOLOGY
- A morphological relation inside Old English.
- SCHOLAR
- Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
- CONFIDENCE
- established
02DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES
THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP
DESCENDANTcontinuationestablished
Middle English · Middle English · lady titlelady
lady; mistress of a household
- SOUND
- Middle English lady continues Old English hlǣfdige with contraction and loss of the compound’s transparency.
- MEANING
- Mistress-of-household and rank senses continue while literal morphology recedes.
- SCHOLAR
- Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
- CONFIDENCE
- established
03TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE
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- UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES
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- REVIEWED EDGES
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- DEEPEST PATH
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- MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED
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HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE
STEP 01continuationestablished
- SOUND
- Middle English lady continues Old English hlǣfdige with contraction and loss of the compound’s transparency.
- MEANING
- Mistress-of-household and rank senses continue while literal morphology recedes.
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 853 ↗ HISTORICAL STEP 021 EDGE
STEP 02continuationestablished
- SOUND
- Middle English lady continues into modern lady with stabilized spelling and pronunciation.
- MEANING
- Household rank develops into aristocratic and polite forms of address.
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04RECORDED EVIDENCE
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