MORNING

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MORNING , properly the dawn of day, sunrise, but extended to the whole early

part

PART

of the day, from the dawn to midday. " Morning " (M. Eng. morwening) was formed on the analogy of " evening," from " morn," in M. Eng. morwen, and originally meant the coming of the sunrise, as " evening," the coming of the close of the day (O. Eng. cefnung, from mien, eve). The O. Eng. morgen represents the common Teutonic word for the dawn; the ultimate source has been assigned to the root, seen in " murk," " murky," meaning to be dark, or, with more probability, to the root mergh, to twinkle, shine (cf. Lith. mirga), and further to the root mar, as in Gr. yapzatpew, to shine (cf. Lat. marmor,

marble

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

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

star

STAR

" (Ger. Morgenstern) was a military weapon of the middle ages, consisting of a mace or club with a ball head studded with spikes; the spiked ball was sometimes swung loose from the head of the mace by a chain. The weapon was also known as a " holy water sprinkler." The "morning-

gift

GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut.
stem
- STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")
gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later
English
- ENGLISH
is due to Scandinavian influence)

," earlier " moryeve," Ger. Morgengabe, was the present given to a

bride

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)

by her husband on the morning after the

marriage

MARRIAGE

. The custom is probably connected with the origin of the

term

TERM

" morganatic

marriage

MARRIAGE

" (see MORGANATIC).

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